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Stereometer   Listen
noun
Stereometer  n.  (Physics)
1.
An instrument for measuring the solid contents of a body, or the capacity of a vessel; a volumenometer.
2.
An instrument for determining the specific gravity of liquid bodies, porous bodies, and powders, as well as solids.





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... directly determined by the balance. The ratio "weight to volume" is the absolute density. The separate determination of the volume and mass of such substances as gunpowder, cotton-wool, soluble substances, &c., supplies the only means of determining their densities. The stereometer of Say, which was greatly improved by Regnault and further modified by Kopp, permits an accurate determination of the volume of a given mass of any such substance. In its simplest form the instrument consists of a glass tube PC (fig. 1), of uniform bore, terminating ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 - "Demijohn" to "Destructor" • Various


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