Barometer
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A barometer is a scientific instrument that is used to measure air pressure. Pressure tendency, which is derived from barometric readings, can forecast short term changes in the weather. Many measurements of air pressure are used within surface weather analysis to help find surface troughs, pressure systems and frontal boundaries.
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Earlier and later events nearby
- AD 800Coronation of Charlemagne
- 1346–1353Black Death
- 1610Galileo's telescopic discoveries
- 1643BarometerThis page
- 1886Berne Convention
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1947General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
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