Aneroid Barometers

 

Code Number: 2B35.40

Demo Title: Aneroid Barometer

Condition: Excellent

Principle: Air Pressure

Area of Study: Fluids

Equipment: 

Aneroid Barometers

Procedure: 

The aneroid barometers need no advanced preparation.  They may be shown to work by taking them on an elevator ride to the 7th floor.

References:

  • Frank W. Gallagher III, Sherman E. Fredrickson, "Meteorological Pressure-Sensor Inaccuracies", TPT, Vol.  38, # 8, Nov. 2000, p. 466. 
  • Ff- 2:  Freier and Anderson,  A Demonstration Handbook for Physics.
  • Gerard L' E Turner, Nineteenth-Century Scientific Instruments, p. 236- 237.