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If you're asking about a tool to measure the air pressure in a car tire, that is called a pressure guage.

If you're asking about a scientific instrument to measure atmospheric air pressure, it is called a barometer.

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There are several options depending on the type of air pressure being measured:

  • In the 1800's ships used a weather glass - a simple barometer - to measure changes in air pressure.
  • To measure atmospheric (ambient air) pressure, a barometer is used. (It may be either an aneroid or a Mercury type of barometer.)
  • For tires, it's a tire pressure gauge.
  • In industrial processes and boilers the gauge is frequently called a manometer.
  • For pressure vessels it is a Bourdon gauge.
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The instruments to measure air pressure in the ambient surroundings include:

  • a mercury barometer
  • ananeroid barometer
  • a weather glass

Air pressure can also be measured in containers (auto tyres and tanks). These measurements utilize:

  • Bourdon gauges
  • Diaphragm gauges
  • Spring gauges (Like tyre pressure gauges)
  • Piezoelectric gauges
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A tool that measures air pressure in a tire or going through a pipe is called an air pressure gauge.

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The instrument used to measure air pressure is barometer. It is a scientific instrument used in meteorology to measure atmospheric pressure.

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The instrument used to measure air pressure is barometer.

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Plastic Bag or any object that can be inflated.

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A barometer is used.

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it is a barometer

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Barometric pressure

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