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

Pertaining to the barometer; made or indicated by a barometer; as, barometric changes; barometrical observations.

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

Took some barometrical observations, and at half-past six continued our upward way.

From The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy by Keppel, Henry

Nevertheless an unusual barometrical depression had brought in its train several days of disagreeable, stormy weather.

From Banzai! by Parabellum by Grautoff, Ferdinand Heinrich

The air in the jar before combustion was 353 cubical inches, but it was only under a barometrical pressure of 27 inches 9-1/2 lines; which, reduced to decimal fractions by Tab.

From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine