Hypsometer

A Hypsometer (of agr ὕψος Hypsos, " height" and μέτρον métron, " measure " ) is a device for barometric altitude measurement.

The Hypsometer can run as aneroid (so first described in 1844 by Lucien Vidie ) or act like a Hypsothermometer.

  • Meteorological instrument
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