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GAUGE |
Measuring apparatus |
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ACCELEROMETER |
An apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by
gunpowder. |
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TITHONOMETER |
An instrument or apparatus for measuring or detecting
tithonicity; an actinometer. |
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AZOTOMETER |
An apparatus for measuring or determining the
proportion of nitrogen; a nitrometer. |
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CALORIMETER |
An apparatus for measuring the proportion of
unevaporated water contained in steam. |
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LOG |
An apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion through
the water. |
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PLATYMETER |
An apparatus for measuring the capacity of condensers,
or the inductive capacity of dielectrics. |
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VELOCIMETER |
An apparatus for measuring speed, as of machinery or
vessels, but especially of projectiles. |
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HAEMATACHOMETER |
A form of apparatus (somewhat different from the
hemadrometer) for measuring the velocity of the blood. |
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GALVANOMETER |
An instrument or apparatus for measuring the
intensity of an electric current, usually by the deflection of a
magnetic needle. |
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PHOSPHOROSCOPE |
An apparatus for observing the phosphorescence
produced in different bodies by the action of light, and for measuring
its duration. |
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LACTOMETER |
An instrument for estimating the purity or richness of
milk, as a measuring glass, a specific gravity bulb, or other
apparatus. |
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STETHOMETER |
An apparatus for measuring the external movements of a
given point of the chest wall, during respiration; -- also called
thoracometer. |
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HAEMOCHROMOMETER |
An apparatus for measuring the amount of
hemoglobin in a fluid, by comparing it with a solution of known
strength and of normal color. |
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DYNAMOMETER |
An apparatus for measuring force or power; especially,
muscular effort of men or animals, or the power developed by a motor,
or that required to operate machinery. |
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BURETTE |
An apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquid
or for measuring the quantity of liquid or gas received or discharged.
It consists es... |
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PERAMBULATOR |
A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances. It
consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over the ground, with an
apparatus of clockwork,... |
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GASOMETER |
An apparatus for holding and measuring of gas; in gas
works, a huge iron cylinder closed at one end and having the other end
immersed in water,... |