aneroid

How To Use aneroid In A Sentence

• These digital devices deflate at about 4 mm Hg per second, making them sometimes seem slower to use than auscultatory aneroid devices, but they are more accurate.
• The mercury barometer is large and inconvenient to carry from place to place, and a more portable form has been devised, known as the aneroid barometer (Fig. 45). General Science
• The hill was farther off and higher than it appeared at first; the aneroid showed a rise of 700 feet when we reached the top. The South Pole~ The Eastern Sledge Journey
• He said that because Welch Allyn makes aneroid and digital blood-pressure devices in addition to those containing mercury, he had no further comment.
• The instruments we carried were two sextants and three artificial horizons -- two glass and one mercury -- a hypsometer for measuring heights, and one aneroid. The South Pole~ The Start for the Pole
• As we had seen from our camping-ground, it was an immense undulation that we had to traverse; the ascent on the other side felt uncomfortably warm in the powerful sun, but it was no higher than 300 feet by the aneroid. The South Pole~ The Start for the Pole
• Thirdly, although aneroid sphygmomanometers are more popular than mercury instruments, they require regular calibration and checks for common defects such as non-zeroed gauges, cracked face plates, or defective rubber tubing.
• He used a standard-sized, calibrated aneroid sphygmomanometer blood pressure cuff to measure pressure in the left arm.
• In the kitchen were hung our two mercury barometers, four aneroids, barograph, thermograph, and one thermometer. The South Pole~ Depot Journeys
• In the kitchen were hung our two mercury barometers, four aneroids, barograph, thermograph, and one thermometer. The South Pole~ Depot Journeys