Barometer Handbook Louisiades Indian Ocean - Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean - Indian Ocean Southern Part 1 : 10 000 000

Author:  Rob Starkey

Edition 25 June 2026

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Barometer Handbook Louisiades Indian Ocean - Indian OceanWith the exception of trained meteorological crews, barometers in the past were used at sea primarily to learn if the pressure was going up or down, and whether it was doing this rapidly or slowly. From this we made an educated guess of a likely consequence, usually in conjunction with other observations. Outside of professional marine use, little effort was made to know the true pressure for several reasons. We did not know what to do with it if we