Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1898 — The Barometer and Weight. [ARTICLE]

The Barometer and Weight.

A man weighs less when the barometer is high, notwithstanding the fact that the atmospheric pressure on him is more than when the barometer Is low. As the pressure of air on an ordi-nary-sized man is about fifteen tons, the rise of the mercury from twentynine inches to thirty-one inches adds about one ton to the load he has to carry.