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Bourdon Tube Thermometer   sensing bulb outside the building  
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thermograph   track temp.  
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Torricelli   invented the mercurial barometer  
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aneroid   barometer with no liquid  
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synoptic weather charts   four principle weather maps produced daily  
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hygrometer   used to change in hair length to measure humidity  
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sling psychrometer   gives quick humidity measurements  
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stationary psychrometer   uses a wick and water resevoir  
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wind vane   shows wind direction  
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rain guage   measure the amount of snowfall  
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doppler   can determine wind speed  
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weather satilite   photographs cloud movements  
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station model   weather data in symbolic format  
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pilot balloons   measure the direction and speed of winds in the upper atmosphere  
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millibar   unit for reporting atmospheric pressure  
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knots   measuring wind speed  
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isobars   lines on a map connecting places with equal baromic pressure  
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isotherms   lines on a map connecting places with equal baromic temp.  
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anemometer   measure's the wind's speed  
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barometer   displays current pressure  
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barograph   pressure over an interval of time  
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