The following corrections are used to reduce the reading of a mercury barometer with a brass scale to 0 °C. The number in the table should be subtracted from the observed height of the mercury column to give the true pressure in mmHg (1 mmHg = 133.322 Pa). The table is calculated from the formula
Δh = –0.0001634 ht/(1+0.0001818 t)
where h is the observed column height in mm and t the Celsius temperature. This relation is based on thermal expansion coefficients of 181.8·10–6 °C–1 for mercury and 18.4·10–6 °C–1 for brass. Column definitions for the table are as follows.
Column heading | Definition |
t | Temperature of barometer reading |
h(620), h(630), etc. | Correction, in mm, to be made to barometer reading at height h indicated by value in parentheses |
t /°C | h(620) | h(630) | h(640) | h(650) | h(660) | h(670) | h(680) | h(690) | h(700) | h(710) | h(720) | h(730) | h(740) | h(750) | h(760) | h(770) | h(780) | h(790) | h(800) |
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0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
1 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 |
2 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.26 |
3 | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.39 | 0.39 |
4 | 0.40 | 0.41 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.45 | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.47 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.49 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.51 | 0.52 | 0.52 |
5 | 0.51 | 0.51 | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.55 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.57 | 0.58 | 0.59 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.61 | 0.62 | 0.63 | 0.64 | 0.64 | 0.65 |
6 | 0.61 | 0.62 | 0.63 | 0.64 | 0.65 | 0.66 | 0.67 | 0.68 | 0.69 | 0.70 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.73 | 0.74 | 0.75 | 0.76 | 0.77 | 0.78 |
7 | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.73 | 0.74 | 0.75 | 0.77 | 0.78 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 0.81 | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.85 | 0.86 | 0.87 | 0.88 | 0.89 | 0.90 | 0.91 |
8 | 0.81 | 0.82 | 0.84 | 0.85 | 0.86 | 0.87 | 0.89 | 0.90 | 0.91 | 0.93 | 0.94 | 0.95 | 0.97 | 0.98 | 0.99 | 1.01 | 1.02 | 1.03 | 1.04 |
9 | 0.91 | 0.92 | 0.94 | 0.95 | 0.97 | 0.98 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 1.03 | 1.04 | 1.06 | 1.07 | 1.09 | 1.10 | 1.12 | 1.13 | 1.15 | 1.16 | 1.17 |
10 | 1.01 | 1.03 | 1.04 | 1.06 | 1.08 | 1.09 | 1.11 | 1.13 | 1.14 | 1.16 | 1.17 | 1.19 | 1.21 | 1.22 | 1.24 | 1.26 | 1.27 | 1.29 | 1.30 |
11 | 1.11 | 1.13 | 1.15 | 1.17 | 1.18 | 1.20 | 1.22 | 1.24 | 1.26 | 1.27 | 1.29 | 1.31 | 1.33 | 1.35 | 1.36 | 1.38 | 1.40 | 1.42 | 1.44 |
12 | 1.21 | 1.23 | 1.25 | 1.27 | 1.29 | 1.31 | 1.33 | 1.35 | 1.37 | 1.39 | 1.41 | 1.43 | 1.45 | 1.47 | 1.49 | 1.51 | 1.53 | 1.55 | 1.57 |
13 | 1.31 | 1.34 | 1.36 | 1.38 | 1.40 | 1.42 | 1.44 | 1.46 | 1.48 | 1.50 | 1.53 | 1.55 | 1.57 | 1.59 | 1.61 | 1.63 | 1.65 | 1.67 | 1.70 |
14 | 1.41 | 1.44 | 1.46 | 1.48 | 1.51 | 1.53 | 1.55 | 1.57 | 1.60 | 1.62 | 1.64 | 1.67 | 1.69 | 1.71 | 1.73 | 1.76 | 1.78 | 1.80 | 1.83 |
15 | 1.52 | 1.54 | 1.56 | 1.59 | 1.61 | 1.64 | 1.66 | 1.69 | 1.71 | 1.74 | 1.76 | 1.78 | 1.81 | 1.83 | 1.86 | 1.88 | 1.91 | 1.93 | 1.96 |
16 | 1.62 | 1.64 | 1.67 | 1.69 | 1.72 | 1.75 | 1.77 | 1.80 | 1.82 | 1.85 | 1.88 | 1.90 | 1.93 | 1.96 | 1.98 | 2.01 | 2.03 | 2.06 | 2.09 |
17 | 1.72 | 1.74 | 1.77 | 1.80 | 1.83 | 1.86 | 1.88 | 1.91 | 1.94 | 1.97 | 1.99 | 2.02 | 2.05 | 2.08 | 2.10 | 2.13 | 2.16 | 2.19 | 2.22 |
18 | 1.82 | 1.85 | 1.88 | 1.91 | 1.93 | 1.96 | 1.99 | 2.02 | 2.05 | 2.08 | 2.11 | 2.14 | 2.17 | 2.20 | 2.23 | 2.26 | 2.29 | 2.32 | 2.35 |