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Fortin barometer
[ fawr-tan; French fawr-tan ]
noun
- an adjustable cistern barometer, the most common of those employing mercury.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of Fortin barometer1
1870鈥75; named after J. Fortin (1750鈥1831), French physicist who invented it
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It glanced upon the great yellow cylinders of the electric machine, struck upon the long glass bottles, rebounded from two silver reflectors, and rested, in passing, upon a magnificent Fortin barometer.
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We commenced by unearthing various meteorological and astronomical instruments鈥攖he thermometers of Baudin, Salleron, Fastre, an aneroid, a Fortin barometer, chronometers, a sextant, an astronomical spyglass, a compass glass....
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