Mercury Stick Barometer made by Horn & Thornthwaite instrument makers. The body is made of oak with displays for the barometer and integral thermometer of engraved bone. The Barometer is calbrated ...

Toriccelli also went on to develop the mercury barometer, an instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure. A barometer also monitors variations in atmospheric pressure. As air becomes thinner ...

The barometer measures and tracks these changes in the Earth’s atmosphere, therefore helping meteorologists forecast weather conditions in the short-term. The first mercury barometer was created ...

Mercury can be found in a variety of non-laboratory items such as fluorescent light bulbs, thermometers, older pressure gauges, plumbing traps, manometers, barometer, thermostats, capacitors, and ...

Stunning pictures of Mercury have been published revealing the sunlit plains and possibly icy craters of the smallest planet in the solar system. Three pictures taken by the BepiColombo spacecraft ...

Spacecraft Buzzes Mercury's North Pole and Beams Back Stunning Photos CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury’s north pole.