He studied the effects of heat and pressure on the mercury barometer and, as a pioneer in scientific mountaineering, published the first correct rules for using the barometer to find the heights of mountains.
They are used as a barometer to measure the health of the banking system and as a gauge of market expectation for future central bank interest rates.
And, on a scale of 1 to 10, how safe do you feel (use this as your barometer for when to call for professional assistance).
"They use it as a barometer to gauge how progressive you are," he said.
As my pal Noel Butler up in Montreal says: "If we use M.L.S. as the barometer to gauge progress of the U.S. men's national team over the lifetime of the league, that progress has been steep and should continue.
If you use that as a barometer to look at the film world, it just shows you how segregated, xenophobic, sexist, racist and backwards we are as Americans in terms of how we deal with one another.
Two corrugated diaphragms sealed at their edges to form a capsule, which is evacuated, are used in aneroid barometers to measure atmospheric pressure (see altimeter).
According to the Web site, the committee uses four crucial barometers to determine if the economy has reached a peak, and will look at other data.
If you use this as your barometer, I am convinced that the outcome will make this world a better place.
I wanted to use it as a personal barometer to test how far I had come in my life.
