Paternoster Row.
_The Aneroid Barometer_ (Vol. iv., p. 295.).--The intended signification
of this name, "aneroid," can of course be only determined by the person
who conferred it; upon any less direct authority the derivation quoted
from Mr. Dent's description can scarcely be received. The meaning of
[Greek: neros] is _moist_, rather than _fluid_; but even admitting the
latter signification, then the last syllable ought surely to be
referred, not to [Greek: eidos], but to its root [Greek: eido] (scio);
_perceivable without fluid_ being a much better characteristic than _a
form without fluid_.
But taking into consideration the peculiar construction of this sort of
barometer, its flexible diaphragm supported from within against the
pressure of the atmosphere, may not its name have been derived from
[Greek: ana] (adversus), [Greek: aer] (aer), and [Greek: oidos] (tumor)?