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

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

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

According to custom, Mr Sudberry went forward to the barometrical banjo, intending to tap it—not that he expected correct information now.

From Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

I would suggest large sized charts showing landmarks, ship's position, and barometrical readings.

From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by Burn Murdoch, W. G. (William Gordon)