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Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: (m) blood pressure can be measured either by using a machine called a sphygmomanometer (spig-mom-an-om-eter) or by using an automatic machine. A sphygmomanometer is the older kind of equipment that measures blood pressure using a column of mercury. The person taking your blood pressure will put a cuff around the top of your arm, pump up this cuff and then listen for sounds through a stethoscope placed on your arm.
Aneroid, (mechanical types with a dial) are in common use, but they. should be calibrated against a mercury manometer. The unit of measurement of blood pressure is millimeters of. mercury (mmHg) and are usually given as an even number. Manual sphygmomanometers require a stethoscope. for auscultation.