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Such fields have precise definitions within the frameworks of hydro-thermodynamics and the kinetic theory of gases, but a pedagogical approach based on standard statistical mechanics techniques is still lacking. In this paper, we propose a new microscopic definition of local pressure inside a classical fluid, relying upon a local barometer potential that is built into the many-particle Hamiltonian. This setup allows pressure to be locally defined as an ensemble average of the radial force exerted by the barometer potential on the gas' particles. Moreover, this same framework is also employed in a microscopic derivation of buoyancy of immersed bodies in the presence of arbitrary external fields. 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