"Fortin barometer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Fortin barometers [plural]
Etymology: Invented by Jean Nicolas Fortin. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Fortin barometer (plural Fortin barometers)
  1. A kind of barometer using a variable-displacement mercury cistern, usually constructed with a thumbscrew pressing on a leather diaphragm bottom, which compensates for displacement of mercury in the column with varying pressure. Wikipedia link: Jean Nicolas Fortin

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