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Accelerometer
|
physical,
accelerations
|
Actinometer
|
heating power of
sunlight
|
Alcoholmeter
|
alcoholic
strength of liquids
|
Altimeter
|
altitude
|
Ammeter
|
electric current
|
Anemometer
|
windspeed
|
Audiometer
|
hearing
|
Barkometer
|
tanning liquors
used in tanning leather
|
Barometer
|
air pressure
|
Bettsometer
|
integrity of
fabric coverings on aircraft
|
Bevameter
|
mechanical
properties of soil
|
Bolometer
|
electromagnetic
radiation
|
Breathalyzer
|
breath alcohol
content
|
Caliper
|
distance
|
Calorimeter
|
heat of chemical
reactions
|
Cathetometer
|
vertical
distances
|
Ceilometer
|
height of a cloud
base
|
Chronometer / clock
|
time
|
Clap-o-meter
|
volume of
applause
|
Colorimeter
|
colour
|
Creepmeter
|
slow surface
displacement of an active geologic fault in the earth
|
Declinometer
|
magnetic
declination
|
Densimeter
|
specific gravity
of liquids
|
Densitometer
|
degree of
darkness in photographic or semitransparent material
|
Diffractometer
|
structure of
crystals
|
Dilatometer
|
volume changes
caused by a physical or chemical process
|
Disdrometer
|
size, speed, and
velocity of raindrops
|
Dosimeter
|
exposure to
hazards, especially radiation
|
Dumpy level
|
horizontal levels
|
Dynamometer
|
force,torque or
power
|
Elaeometer
|
specific gravity
of oils
|
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 mixture following combustion
|
Evaporimeter
|
rate of
evaporation
|
Fathometer
|
ocean depth
|
Framing square
|
right angles in
construction
|
Frequency counter
|
frequency of
alternating current
|
Fuel gauge
|
fuel level
|
Galvanometer
|
electricity
|
Gas pycnometer
|
volume and
density of solids
|
Glucometer
|
blood glucose
(diabetes)
|
Graphometer
|
angles
|
Heliometer
|
variation of the
sun's diameter
|
Hydrometer
|
specific gravity
of liquids (density of liquids)
|
Hygrometer
|
humidity
|
Inclinometer
|
angle of a slope
|
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 through a tube
|
Mass spectrometer
|
masses of ions,
used to identify chemical substances through their mass spectra
|
Measuring cup
|
liquid and dry
goods
|
Mercury barometer
|
Atmospheric
pressure
|
Micrometer
|
small distances
|
Multimeter
|
electrical
potential, resistance, and current
|
Nephoscope
|
to measure the
speed and direction of clouds
|
Nephelometer
|
particle in a
liquid
|
Odometer
|
distance
travelled
|
Ohmmeter
|
electrical
resistance
|
Orchidometer
|
testicle size in
male humans
|
Oscilloscope
|
oscillations
|
Osmometer
|
osmotic strength
of a solution, colloid, or compound matter of an object
|
Pedometer
|
steps
|
Ph meter
|
pH (chemical
acidity/basicity of a solution)
|
Photometer
|
illuminance or
irradiance
|
Polarimeter
|
rotation of
polarized light
|
Potentiometer
|
voltage (term is
also used to refer to a variable resistor)
|
Profilometer
|
surface roughness
|
Protractor
|
angles
|
Psychrometer
|
humidity
|
Pycnometer
|
fluid density
|
Pyranometer
|
solar radiation
|
Pyrheliometer
|
direct solar
insolation
|
Pyrometer
|
high temperatures
|
Quadrat
|
percentage cover
of a certain species
|
Quartz crystal microbalance
|
thickness of
deposited thin films
|
Radiometer
|
radiant flux of
electromagnetic radiation
|
Refractometer
|
sugar
concentration of sap and syrup
|
Rheometer
|
response to
applied forces
|
Rotameter
|
pressure of a
liquid or gas in a closed tube
|
Ruler
|
for measuring
length
|
Saccharometer
|
amount of sugar
in a solution
|
Seismometer
|
seismic waves
(for example, earthquakes)
|
Sextant
|
location on
earth's surface (used in naval navigation)
|
Spectrometer
|
properties of
light
|
Spectrophotometer
|
intensity of
light as a function of wavelength
|
Speedometer
|
speed, velocity
of a vehicle
|
Spherometer
|
radius of a
sphere
|
Sphygmomanometer
|
blood pressure
|
Stadimeter
|
object range
|
Strainmeter
|
seismic strain
|
SWR meter
|
standing wave
ratio
|
Tacheometer
|
distance
|
Tachometer
|
revolutions per
minute, rate of blood flow, speed of aeroplanes
|
Taximeter
|
distance
travelled, displacement
|
Tensiometer
|
surface tension
of a liquid
|
Theodolite
|
measuring angles
in the horizontal and vertical planes
|
Thermometer
|
temperature
|
Tintometer
|
colour
|
Universal measuring machine
|
geometric
locations
|
UV meter
|
ultraviolet light
|
Vacuum gauge
|
very low pressure
|
Viscometer
|
viscosity of a
fluid
|
Voltmeter
|
electric
potential, voltage
|
VU meter
|
volume unit
|
Wattmeter
|
electrical power
|
Weighing scale
|
weight
|
Wind vane
|
wind direction
|
Zymometer
|
fermentation
|
118 Measuring Instrument and their works
