A simple and low-cost experimental method for measuring atmospheric pressure is proposed. A 100 ml glass syringe is used. The only theoretical requirement is Boyle’s law for ideal gases.

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The glass syringe used in this experiment is available from PHYWE SYSTEME GMBH, D-37070 Göttingen, Germany, model 02614.00.
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M. Baylin, A Survey of Thermodynamics (American Institute of Physics, Woodbury, NY, 1994), pp. 7–9.
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