mercury barometer

GPTKB entity

Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:bar
scientific instrument
gptkbp:category pressure measurement devices
gptkbp:component glass tube
mercury reservoir
gptkbp:foundIn laboratories
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label mercury barometer
gptkbp:introducedIn 1643
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Evangelista_Torricelli
gptkbp:measures atmospheric pressure
millimeters of mercury
inches of mercury
gptkbp:operates measuring height of mercury column
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Torricellian_vacuum
barometric pressure
gptkbp:replacedBy aneroid barometer
gptkbp:requires vertical orientation
gptkbp:riskFactor toxic mercury exposure
gptkbp:usedIn meteorology
weather forecasting
gptkbp:uses mercury
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Torricelli_vacuum
gptkb:Torricellian_vacuum
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6