barometrical
Example Sentences
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The wind was then blowing from the south-west in the mild degree which in barometrical language is ranked “No. 2: light breeze.”
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
At the request of Professor Abby of the Signal Service, Mr. Holden took frequent barometrical and hygrometrical observations in his later excursions.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science by Various
From barometrical observations made during our three days’ sojourn at this place, its elevation above the Gulf of Mexico is ten thousand feet....
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 by Various
The northern portion of the continent extends into the little known polar region of prevailingly low barometrical pressure, where midsummer and midwinter calms normally prevail.
From North America by Israel C. (Cook) Russell
In a society so barometrical as ours, even in a city where it was the least barometrical, the obstacles to the acceptance of Maxwell were mainly subjective.
From The Story of a Play A Novel by William Dean Howells
