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Overview of Measurement Instruments

This document defines and briefly describes various scientific instruments used to measure different physical properties. It includes accelerometers for measuring acceleration, ammeters for measuring electric current, anemometers for measuring wind speed, barometers for measuring atmospheric pressure, calipers for measuring distances, calorimeters for measuring heat, DNA sequencers for automating DNA sequencing, dynamometers for measuring force or torque, electrometers for measuring electric charge or potential, gravimeters for measuring local gravity, and many other instruments for measuring properties like magnetic fields, mass, resistance, sound, light, angles, temperature, and voltage.

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Overview of Measurement Instruments

This document defines and briefly describes various scientific instruments used to measure different physical properties. It includes accelerometers for measuring acceleration, ammeters for measuring electric current, anemometers for measuring wind speed, barometers for measuring atmospheric pressure, calipers for measuring distances, calorimeters for measuring heat, DNA sequencers for automating DNA sequencing, dynamometers for measuring force or torque, electrometers for measuring electric charge or potential, gravimeters for measuring local gravity, and many other instruments for measuring properties like magnetic fields, mass, resistance, sound, light, angles, temperature, and voltage.

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Accelerometer

An accelerometer is a device that measures proper acceleration.


Ammeter

An ammeter is a measuring instrument used to measure the electric current in a circuit.

Anemometer
An anemometer is a device used for measuring wind speed, and is a common weather
station instrument.

Barometer

Caliper

A caliper (British spelling also calliper, or in plurale tantum sense a pair of callipers) is
a device used to measure the distance between two opposite sides of an object

Calorimeter

A calorimeter is an object used for calorimetry, or the process of measuring the heat
of chemical reactions orphysical changes as well as heat capacity.

DNA sequencer
A DNA sequencer is a scientific instrument used to automate the DNA
sequencing process.

Dynamometer

A dynamometer or "dyno" for short, is a device for measuring force, moment of


force (torque), or power.

Electrometer

An electrometer is an electrical instrument for measuring electric charge or


electrical potential differenceElectroscope, electric charge
Gravimeter

A gravimeter is an instrument used in gravimetry for measuring the local gravitational


field of the Earth.

Hydrometer

Hygrometer

Inclinometer, slope

Interferometer, optics, infrared light spectra

Kymograph

Lactometer

Magnetograph, magnetic field

Magnetometer, magnetic flux

Mass spectrometer, compound identification/characterization

Micrometer, distance

Microscope, optical magnification


NMR spectrometer, chemical compound identification, medical diagnostic
imaging

Ohmmeter, electrical resistance/impedance

Oscilloscope, electric signal voltage, amplitude, wavelength, frequency,


waveform shape/pattern

Seismometer, acceleration

Spectogram, sound frequency, wavelength, amplitude

Spectrometer, light frequency, wavelength, amplitude

Telescope, light magnification (astronomy)

Time-of-flight mass spectrometer, see mass spectrometer

Theodolite, angles, surveying

Thermocouple, temperature

Voltmeter, voltage

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