barometrical

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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

I examined, with great satisfaction, your barometrical estimate of the heights of our mountains; and with the more, as they corroborated conjectures on this subject which I had made before.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

The art or process of making barometrical measurements.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

Assuming that the barometrical height of its source is 1,582 feet, it has a mean descent of over six inches per mile.

From Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier by Owens, John Algernon

These barometrical measurements represent the basin of the Amazon as a shallow trough lying parallel to the equator, the southern side having double the inclination of the northern, and the whole gently sloping eastward.

From The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America by Orton, James