The two most common types are the mercury barometer and the aneroid barometer.
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In 1643, Evangelista Torricelli invented the mercury barometer.
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The mercury barometer stood lower the higher one went.
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Torricelli's chief invention was the mercury barometer, which arose from solving a practical problem.
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Fitzroy barometers combine the standard mercury barometer with a thermometer, as well as a guide of how to interpret pressure changes.
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A mercury barometer has a glass tube with a height of at least 84 cm, closed at one end, with an open mercury-filled reservoir at the base.
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Near the end of the century, a young chemistry professor carted a three-foot mercury barometer to the summit, using changes in atmospheric pressure to calculate an elevation of 14,528.
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The mercury came from a barometer, which measures atmospheric pressure.
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FitzRoy obtained five examples of the Sympiesometer, a kind of mercury-free barometer patented by Alexander Adie and favoured by FitzRoy as giving the accurate readings required by the Admiralty.