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== compensated scale barometer ==
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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(Also Kew pattern barometer.) [[mercury barometer|Mercury barometer]] with a fixed  [[cistern]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Its [[scale]] graduations take account of the changes in the level of the [[free surface]] of the [[mercury]]  in the cistern as a function of [[atmospheric pressure]].</div><br/> </div>
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