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