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The most common type barometer used in homes is the aneroid barometer. Aneroid b [ ... ]


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20/08/2008 | Barometer Shop
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Wednesday, 20 August 2008 10:11
A barometer is an instrument that is used to measure atmospheric pressure. It can measure the pressure exerted by the atmosphere by using water, air, or mercury. The name is derived from the Greek words - "baros" meaning weight (a misnomer really), and "metron" meaning to measure. A barometer measures the "weight" or rather the pressure of the atmosphere.

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The invention of the barometer PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 11 August 2008 01:12

Evangelista Torricelli is credited with inventing the barometer in 1643. He was born on October 15 1608 in Italy, and died on October 22 1647. He was a mathematician and a physicist, and he worked at one stage with Galileo. Torricelli filled a long glass tube with mercury and inverted the tube in a dish to create the design of the barometer (see figure below). He noticed that the height of the mercury varied from day to day, and that this was likely to represent the variation in the atmospheric pressure. He built the first barometer with mercury in about 1944.

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Figure of a Torricelli Barometer - showing inverted sealed tube. Torricelli noted from this experiment that the pressure of the atmosphere is about 76 centimetres, or 760 mmHg (which is "atmospheric pressure").


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Aneroid barometers

Aneroid barometers are the commonest type of barometer nowadays, with the advent of the mercury ban for the use in the manufacture of new barometers. All barometers that we sell contain no mercury.

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The barometer shop offers a wide range of barometers to suit a wide variety of budgets. Barometers make excellent gifts or Christmas presents for friends and family.

Antique barometers

Antique style barometers are available from our store, designed and finished in the UK by the Britain Clockcase company. Antique barometers are usually made from mahogany or oak.

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We offer barometers for sale online, and we are a UK store. All our barometers are carefully packed and shipped with tracking with Fastway courier service or Royal Mail via post office services.