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Definition of Ergometers
1. ergometer [n] - See also: ergometer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ergometers
Literary usage of Ergometers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Engineering Instruments & Meters by Edgar A. Griffiths (1921)
"ergometers.—The indicators already dealt with estimate the work done in each
individual stroke of the engine. Several instruments have, however, ..."
2. Muscular Work: A Metabolic Study with Special Reference to the Efficiency of by Francis Gano Benedict, Edward Provan Cathcart (1913)
"All of the curves for the calibration of both ergometers I and II, with the
exception of that for 0.5 ampere, are given in detail in an earlier ..."
3. Physical Fitness: A Guide for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury by David F. Apple, Jr. (1996)
"Arm Exercise Modes Exercise stress testing, as well as the training of wheelchair
users, has typically involved arm crank ergometers (ACE) since they are ..."
4. Therapeutic Gazette (1921)
"It is to be hoped that this work will be carried further, and that some of the
more unusual methods of measuring output rather than using ergometers may be ..."
5. Elements of Natural Philosophy by William Thomson Kelvin, Peter Guthrie Tait (1894)
"... as occur in the application of the principle to brakes for laying submarine
cables, to ergometers, and to windlasses (or capstans with horizontal axes). ..."
6. The Navy Seal Physical Fitness Guide edited by Patricia A. Deuster (1997)
"... ergometers; the cycle and combination cycle/arm ergometers came out with the
lowest values. If exercise intensity is established by perceived effort, ..."
7. Treatise on Natural Philosophy by Baron William Thomson Kelvin, Peter Guthrie Tait, Sir George Howard Darwin (1888)
"ergometers . are instruments for measuring energy. ergometers. Whites friction
brake measures the amount of work actually performed in any time by an engine ..."
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