515), M. R. Arnoux has found that a momentary diminution of at least 350 mm. of mercury in barometric pressure may be produced within three metres of a bursting high-explosive shell; and he ...
Air molecules colliding with a surface cause atmospheric pressure. Atmospheric pressure at sea level is about 101,000 Pa (101 kPa) but just 27,000 Pa (27 kPa) at the cruising altitude of a ...