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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A barometer in which the lower end of the tube is bent upward in the form of a siphon.
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This last instrument led to another discovery; that the weight of the atmosphere varied from time to time in the same locality, and that storms and weather changes were indicated by a rising and falling of the column of mercury in the tube of the siphon-barometer.
Steam, Steel and Electricity James W. Steele
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