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The height of mercury column in a barometer in a Calcutta laboratory was recorded to be 75 cm. Calculate this pressure in SI and CGS units the following data, Specific gravity of mercury = 13.6, Density of `water = 10^3 kg/m^3, g=9.8 m/s^2` at Calcutta. Pressure `=h rho g` in usual symbols.

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