- A
barometer is a
scientific instrument that is used to
measure air
pressure in a
certain environment.
Pressure tendency can
forecast short term changes...
-
Barometer Mountain is a 2,506-foot-elevation (764-meter)
summit in Alaska.
Barometer Mountain is
located six
miles (9.7 km)
southwest of
Kodiak on the...
-
elevation of Grandfather, the Roan Highlands, and the
Black Mountains.
Using a
crude barometer, Mitc****
gained measurements for
Grandfather and Roan with...
-
Island Auke
Mountain Awesome Peak
Baranof Island High
Point PB,
summit of
Baranof Island Bard Peak
Barometer Mountain Bashful Peak Bear
Mountain Begich Peak...
-
Giordano measured a
height of 4,505 m (14,780 ft) by
means of a
mercury barometer,
which he had
taken to the summit. The
Dufour map,
which was afterwards...
- and a
student of Galileo. He is best
known for his
invention of the
barometer, but is also
known for his
advances in
optics and work on the
method of...
-
Parrot measured the
elevation at 5,250
metres (17,220 ft)
using a
mercury barometer. This was not only the
first recorded ascent of Ararat, but also the second...
-
atmospheric pressure. The
greater the altitude, the
lower the pressure. When a
barometer is
supplied with a
nonlinear calibration so as to
indicate altitude, the...
- 798
metres above the
Adriatic (12,461 ft), the
highest mountain in
Austria and
highest mountain in the Alps east of the
Brenner P****. It is part of the...
- a
mountain and finding, indeed, that the ****her down in the
ocean of atmosphere, the
higher the pressure. The
experiment uses a
simple barometer to...
