Scientific Instrument & their Use
Important Scientific Instrument & their Uses
Instrument | Use |
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Air Cooler: | An apparatus for cooling the air. Here air is blown through water and atmosphere cooled. |
Altimeter: | An instrument used in aircrafts for measuring altitudes |
Ammeter: | An instrument used for measuring electric current. |
Anemometer: | An instrument to measure the speed and pressure of the wind. |
Audiometer | An instrument for measuring intensity of sound |
Audiophone | Used for improving imperfect sense of hearing |
Barograph: | An instrument which registers automatically the altitude reached by an aeroplane. |
Barometer: | An instrument to measure atmospheric conditions and changes. |
Binocular | Used to view distant objects |
Callipers : | A compass with legs for measuring the inside or outside diameter of bodies. |
Calorimeter: | An instrument used for measuring quantities of heat. |
Carburettor: | An apparatus for charging air with petrol vapours in an internal combustion engine. |
Cinematograph: | An apparatus for projecting pictures on the screen in so rapid a succession that picture seems to be in motion. |
Crescograph: | An instrument for recording electrically the response of living matter to various kinds of stimuli. |
Cardiograph: | Is a medical instrument for tracing heart movements. |
Chronometer: | Is a clock to datermin longitude of a vessel at sea. |
Cyclotron: | It is an apparatus for smashing atoms. |
Computers: | These are data-processing machines, which provide the information according to the requirements. |
Dictaphone: | A trade name for a tape recorder. |
Dynamo: | A machine used for transforming mechanical energy into electrical energy. |
Electric Motor: | Machine for using electricity as a motive power. |
Electrometer: | An instrument for measuring electrical potential differences. |
Epidiascope: | For projecting fLms as well as images of opaque articles on a screen. |
Eudiometer: | It is a glass tube for measuring volumes changes in the chemical reactions between gases. |
Fathometer: | Is an instrument used for measuring depth of the ocean- |
Galvanometer | Used to measure low magnitude electric current. |
Gramophone: | A machine for reproducing recorded sound. |
Hydrometer | To measure specific gravity of liquids |
Hydrophone: | An instrument for measuring the density of liquids with that of water |
Hygrometer | Used to measure the humidity of air |
Lactometer | A typical hygrometer for testing pure milk |
Laser | A device to throw a thin beam of light that is carried over great distances.A device to throw a thin beam of light that is carried over great distances. |