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

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)

This stretches from north to south, and forms an oval, in the centre of which lies the lake, according to barometrical measurement, one thousand four hundred and fifty feet above the level of the sea.

From A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 by Kotzebue, Otto von

The subject is mystified by these theories and speculations of the study, founded on barometrical and thermometrical records, and the direction and force of the surface winds.

From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Butler, Thomas Belden

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