Assertion: atmospheric pressure | /r/HasProperty | measured with a mercury barometer
Facets:
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Atmospheric pressure can be measured with a mercury barometer (hence the commonly used synonym barometric pressure), which indicates the height of a column of mercury that exactly balances the weight of the column of atmosphere over the barometer.
text: Air pressure can be measured with a mercury barometer, an aneroid barometer, or an aneroid barograph.
text: Atmospheric pressure is often measured with a mercury barometer, and a height of approximately 760 mm (30 inches) of mercury is often used to teach, make visible, and illustrate (and measure) atmospheric pressure.
text: Atmospheric pressure is often measured with a mercury barometer; however, since mercury is not a substance that humans commonly come in contact with, water often provides a more intuitive way to visualize the pressure of one atmosphere.