barometer

Summary

barometer ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,896 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• barometer is credited with the discovery of Evangelista Torricelli^[2].
• barometer is a type of meteorological instrument^[3].
• barometer is a type of manometer^[4].
• barometer's Commons category is recorded as Barometers^[5].
• barometer's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1643^[6].
• barometer's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Barometers^[7].
• barometer's Commons gallery is recorded as Barometer^[8].
• barometer's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[9].
• barometer's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[10].
• barometer's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[11].
• barometer's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[12].
• barometer's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[13].
• barometer's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[14].
• barometer's measures is recorded as atmospheric pressure^[15].
• barometer's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[16].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include meteorological instrument^[3] and manometer^[4].

Why It Matters

barometer ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,896 views/month).^[1] barometer has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17] barometer is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[18]