In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
BAROSCOPE
Etymology
Noun
baroscope (plural baroscopes)
barometer
Synonyms
• barometer
Anagrams
• cobra pose
Source: Wiktionary
Bar"o*scope, n. Etym: [Gr. weight + -scope: cf. F. baroscope.]
Definition: Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates - or foreshadows changes of the weather, as a deep vial of liquid holding in suspension some substance which rises and falls with atmospheric changes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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