Scientic Instruments & Their Uses
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Instrument |
Quantity Measured |
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Accelerometer |
physical acceleration |
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Actinometer |
heating power of sunlight |
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Alcholmeter |
alcoholic strength of liquids |
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Altimeter |
altitudes |
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Ammeter |
electric current |
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Anemometer |
windspeed |
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Audimeter |
hearing |
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Barkometer |
tanning liquors used in tanning leather |
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Barometer |
air pressure |
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Bevameter |
mechanical properties of soil |
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Bolometer |
electromagnetic radiation |
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Brannok Device |
measuring shoe size |
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Breathalyzer |
breath alcohol content |
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Caliper |
distance |
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Calorimeter |
heat of chemical reactions |
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Cathetometer |
vertical distances |
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Ceilometer |
height of a cloud base |
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Chronometer or Clock |
time |
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Clap-o-meter |
volume of applause |
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Colorimeter |
color |
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Compass |
direction of North |
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Creepmeter |
slow surface displacement of an activegeologic fault in the earth |
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Declinometer |
magnetic declination |
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Densimeter |
specific gravity of liquids |
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Densitometer |
degree of darkness in photographic orsemitransparent material |
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Dialtometer |
volume changes caused by a physical orchemical process |
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Diffractometer |
structure of crystals |
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Disdrometer |
size, speed, and velocity of raindrops |
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Dosimeter |
exposure to hazards, especially radiation;radiation of item |
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Dynamometer |
force, torque or power |
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Electricity Meter |
electrical energy used |
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Electrometer |
electric charge |
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Electronic Tuner |
pitch of musical notes |
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Ellipsometer |
refractive index, dielectric function,thickness of thin films |
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Eudiometer |
change in volume of a gas mixturefollowing combustion |
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Evaporimeter |
rate of evaporation |
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Fathometer |
ocean depth |
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Framing Square |
right angles in construction |
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Frequency Counter |
Frequency Of Alternating Current |
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Fuel Gauge |
fuel levels |
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Galvanometer |
electricity |
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Gas Pycnometer |
volume and density of solids |
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Geiger Counter |
ionizing radiation (alpha, beta, gamma,etc.) |
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Glucometer |
blood glucose (diabetes) |
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Graphometer |
angles |
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Heliometer |
variation of the sun’s diameter |
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Hydrometer |
specific gravity of liquids (density ofliquids) |
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Hygrometer |
humidity |
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Inclinometer |
angle of a slope |
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Infrared Thermometer |
Measures heat radiated |
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Inkometer |
ink |
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Interferometer |
wave interference |
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Katharometer |
composition of gases |
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Lactometer |
specific gravity of milk |
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Light meter |
light (in photography) |
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Load Cell |
measurement of force |
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Lux meter |
intensity of light |
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Magnetometer |
strength of magnetic fields |
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Manometer |
pressure of gas |
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Mass flow meter |
mass flow rate of a fluid travelling througha tube |
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Mass Spectrometer |
masses of ions, used to identify chemicalsubstances through their mass spectra |
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Measuring Spoon |
a spoon used to measure an amount of aningredient, either liquid or dry |
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Megger |
electrical insulation |
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Mercury Barometer |
Atmospheric pressure |
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Micrometer |
small distances |
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Multimeter |
electrical potential, resistance, and current |
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Nephelometer |
particle in a liquid |
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Nephoscope |
to measure the speed and direction ofclouds |
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Odometer |
distance travelled |
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Ohmmeter |
electrical resistance |
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Orchidometer |
testicle size in male humans |
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Oscilloscope |
oscillations |
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Osmometer |
osmotic strength of a solution, colloid, orcompound matter of an object |
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Parking Meter |
collects moneys for vehicle parking rights ina zone for a limited time |
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Pedometer |
steps |
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PH meter |
pH (chemical acidity/basicity of a solution) |
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Phtt |
illiidi |
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Voltmeter |
electric potential, voltage |
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Watt Meter |
electrical power |
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Wind Vane |
wind direction |
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Zymometer |
fermentation |