The barometer is one of the basic instruments of meteorology. It is used to measure air pressure. The word comes from a combination of two Greek words: "baro," meaning weight, and "meter," meaning ...

While there’s no shortage of options when it comes to getting the weather forecast these days, barometers allow you to do so with a bit more class and style than simply checking the weather channel.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — For more than 400 years, meteorologists and weather nerds around the world have relied on a simple tool to predict the weather: a barometer. You’ve probably heard of a barometer before ...

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THIS handy little work is intended chiefly for amateurs, but it includes descriptions of instruments required for a “second-order” station, while difficulties which the author thinks are apt to “scare ...

Barometers are devices that measure atmospheric pressure (also known as “air pressure” or “barometric pressure”). You can use these readings to predict the weather. For instance, high pressure ...