EXAMPLE. Compute the atmospheric pressure on a day when the height of the barometer is 76.0 cm. The height of the mercury column, from Eq. (16-6), depends on p and g as well as on the atmospheric pressure. Hence both the density of mercury and the local acceleration of gravity must be known. The density varies with the tem- perature, and g with the latitude and elevation above sea level. All accurate barometers are provided with a thermometer and with a table or chart from which corrections for temperature and elevation can be found. If we assume g = 980 cm/sec2 and p = 13.6 gm/cm3, %3D

EXAMPLE. Compute the atmospheric pressure on a day when the height of the barometer is 76.0 cm. The height of the mercury column, from Eq. (16-6), depends on p and g as well as on the atmospheric pressure. Hence both the density of mercury and the local acceleration of gravity must be known. The density varies with the tem- perature, and g with the latitude and elevation above sea level. All accurate barometers are provided with a thermometer and with a table or chart from which corrections for temperature and elevation can be found. If we assume g = 980 cm/sec2 and p = 13.6 gm/cm3, %3D

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EXAMPLE. Compute the atmospheric pressure on a day when the height of the
barometer is 76.0 cm.
The height of the mercury column, from Eq. (16-6), depends on p and g as
well as on the atmospheric pressure. Hence both the density of mercury and the
local acceleration of gravity must be known. The density varies with the tem-
perature, and g with the latitude and elevation above sea level.
barometers are provided with a thermometer and with a table or chart from
which corrections for temperature and elevation can be found.
g = 980 cm/sec2 and p = 13.6 gm/cm³,
All accurate
If we assume

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