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aërohypsometer

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A simple form of air-barometer devised by G. Govi of Turin in 1867 for measuring small differences of altitude by measuring the expansion under varying pressures of a short column of air whose temperature is constant or is known. Also aërypsometer.

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