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Tech/Engineering - Physics / Barometer | | English term or phrase: HG | On that barometer, you can select different pressure units:
MMHG > mmHg, ok
HPA > hPa, ok
and "HG", that would be just "mercure", and then it's not any unit, or what? A mistake/tipo?
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FX Fraipont
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Local time: 07:32
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29 mins confidence:  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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Asker: Thank you for information. In the text we already have MMHG, wich I transalted mmHg, and then appears HG alone...
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peer agreement (net): +1
