Steve Loft wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6725161.stm


There is a mercury barometer, encased in what seems to be a cast iron housing,
attached to a wall down by the water. One opens a wee hatch to read it and I
have been known to sneak a peek from time to time.

The above is the only mercury barometer I have ever seen (other than in pictures
or museums) and I would say a 'traditional' barometer is an aneroid barometer,
preferably in a brass housing.

But I suppose time marches on. We used to have mercury barometers, steam
trains, planes made from paper and string, and best of all, rickets.

This is not to say I am a progressive type.

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Gianna

http://www.buchan-meteo.org.uk
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