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Manometer

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A manometer measures a trapped gas's pressure from the height difference between its two liquid columns.

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A closed-end manometer references a vacuum; an open-end manometer references the atmosphere and must add or subtract atmospheric pressure.

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Ignoring which arm holds the reference, vacuum or atmosphere, gives the wrong gas pressure from the same height reading.