Manometer
    Vacuum pumps often had a small mercury manometer attached to them to show when the pressure in the system fell into the range of 10 cm of mercury or less. In the page on vacuum pumps, manometers can be seen on the instruments in the Vanderbilt and St. Mary's collections. 
         Virginia Military Institute                            Bowdoin College                                   St. Mary's College

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