Does the Diameter of a Barometer Tube Affect the Height of the Mercury Column?

[praveenbm5]

I am curious if the height of the Mercury column inside a Toricellian Mercury Barometer be the same if we use a tapering / stepped (unequal inner diameter [ID]) glass tube as depicted in the image below instead of a regular constant ID one?

Note: I know that the ID of a barometer tube does not affect the Mercury column height as long as the ID of the tube remains the same.

 

[Orodruin]

The only relevant thing is the pressure at the bottom of the column, i.e., the height of the column. Whether the diameter changes or not is irrelevant.

 

[praveenbm5]

The only relevant thing is the pressure at the bottom of the column, i.e., the height of the column. Whether the diameter changes or not is irrelevant.

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