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INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING HEIGHT OR ELEVATION
  • Boiling Point Apparatus or Hypsometer. Image from "Maps and survey" (1913) by Hinks, Arthur R.

hypsometer         
[h?p's?m?t?]
¦ noun a device for measuring the boiling point of water, especially in order to determine height above sea level.
Derivatives
hypsometric adjective
Hypsometer         
·noun An instrument for measuring heights by observation of barometric pressure; ·esp., one for determining heights by ascertaining the boiling point of water. It consists of a vessel for water, with a lamp for heating it, and an inclosed thermometer for showing the temperature of ebullition.
Hypsometer         
A hypsometer is an instrument for measuring height or elevation. Two different principles may be used: trigonometry and atmospheric pressure.

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Hypsometer

A hypsometer is an instrument for measuring height or elevation. Two different principles may be used: trigonometry and atmospheric pressure.