A barometer is a tool meteorologists use to measure atmospheric pressure, which is defined using millibars (mb). The layers of air in the Earth’s atmosphere has weight to it - which is pulled toward ...

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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 ...

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Physicists like to share the legend of a professor who asked students how they might determine the height of a building using a barometer. The story goes on to list some of the ways you might do that.

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