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sympiesometer
彎管流體壓力計
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Sym·pi·e·som·e·ter
n.
A
sensitive
kind
of
barometer
,
in
which
the
pressure
of
the
atmosphere
,
acting
upon
a
liquid
,
as
oil
,
in
the
lower
portion
of
the
instrument
,
compresses
an
elastic
gas
in
the
upper
part
.
Note:
☞
The
column
of
oil
of
a
lower
part
BC
of
a
glass
tube
compresses
hydrogen
gas
in
the
upper
part
AB
,
and
is
thus
measured
on
the
scale
pq
by
the
position
of
a
surface
of
the
oil
in
the
tube
.
The
scale
pq
is
adjustable
,
and
its
index
must
be
set
to
the
division
on
the
scale
rs
corresponding
to
the
temperature
indicated
by
the
termometer
t
,
in
order
to
correct
for
the
effects
of
temperature
on
the
gas
.
It
is
sensitive
,
and
convenient
for
use
at
sea
,
but
inferior
in
accuracy
to
the
mercurial
barometer
.
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