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A barometer is a device for measuring atmospheric

pressure. A simple barometer consists of a tube more
than 30 inch (760 mm) long inserted in an open container
of mercury with a closed and evacuated end at the top
and open tube end at the bottom and with mercury
extending from the container up into the tube. Strictly,
the space above the liquid cannot be a true vaccum. It
contains mercury vapor at its saturated vapor pressure,
but this is extremely small at room temperatures (e.g.
0.173 Pa at 20oC).

The atmospheric pressure is calculated from the relation

Patm = gh where is the density of fluid in the
barometer.

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