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  • barograph—A recording barometer.
    Barographs may be classified, on the basis of their construction, into the following types: 1) aneroid barograph (including microbarograph); 2) float barograph; 3) photographic barograph; and 4) weight barograph. The aneroid barograph is the one most commonly used in weather stations.
              U.S. Weather Bureau, 1941: Barometers and the Measurement of Atmospheric Pressure, Circular F, 7th ed., rev., 28–44.