HG
French translation: po Hg (pouce de mercure)
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| 10:03 Jun 27, 2010 |
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|  Selected response from: FX Fraipont (X) Belgium Local time: 22:58 | ||||||
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peer agreement (net): +1| hg po Hg (pouce de mercure) Explanation: The only other unit I can think of, but then it is supposed to be "in Hg" ... "Question de savoir: Baromètre - MétéoMédia multipliée par 10. KiloPascal (kPa), Pouce de mercure (po Hg) divisée par 3,3865. KiloPascal (kPa), Millimètre de mercure (mm Hg) multipliée par 7,5 ..." http://www.meteomedia.com/index.php?product=glossary |
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29 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +3
peer agreement (net): +3| hg Hg Explanation: Atmospheric pressure was traditionally measured by the height of a Mercury column, the unit being either mm (millimeter) or Inch. One mmHg is also 1 Torr (named after Torricelli). hPa is Hectopascal - Pascal is the modern pressure unit named after - who else - Blaise Pascal. 1 Pascal is one Newton per square meter - a very small unit so one measures in hPA, kPa (kilopascal), MPa - Megapascal). Very small pressures are also measured in height of Water column (normal atmospheric pressure is approx. 10 meters of water column) |
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