Fortin barometer

[ fawr-tan; French fawr-tan ]

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noun

an adjustable cistern barometer, the most common of those employing mercury.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Fortin barometer¹

1870–75; named after J. Fortin (1750–1831), French physicist who invented it

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It glanced upon the great yellow cylinders of the electric machine, struck upon the long glass bottles, rebounded from two silver reflectors, and rested, in passing, upon a magnificent Fortin barometer.

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We commenced by unearthing various meteorological and astronomical instruments—the thermometers of Baudin, Salleron, Fastre, an aneroid, a Fortin barometer, chronometers, a sextant, an astronomical spyglass, a compass glass....

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fortify Fort Irwin

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