Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1899 — The Barometer and Weight. [ARTICLE]

The Barometer and Weight.

A man weighs less when the barometer la high, notwithstanding the fact that the atmospheric pressure on him Is more than when the barometer la low. Aa the pressure of air on an or-dinary-sized man la about 15 tons, the *4ae of the mercury from 29 inches to , 31 inches adds about one ton to the