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Definition of Eudiometer

1. Noun. Measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube for measuring volume changes in chemical reactions between gases.

Definition of Eudiometer

1. n. An instrument for the volumetric measurement of gases; -- so named because frequently used to determine the purity of the air.

Definition of Eudiometer

1. Noun. A graduated glass tube closed at one end that is used for measuring the change in the volume of gases during a chemical reaction. ¹

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Definition of Eudiometer

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Medical Definition of Eudiometer

1. An instrument for the volumetric measurement of gases; so named because frequently used to determine the purity of the air. It usually consists of a finely graduated and calibrated glass tube, open at one end, the bottom; and having near the top a pair of platinum wires fused in, to allow the passage of an electric spark, as the process involves the explosion and combustion of one of the ingredients to be determined. The operation is conducted in a through of mercury, or sometimes over water. Cf. Burette. Use's ediometer has the tube bent in the form of the letter. U. Origin: Gr. Fair, clear weather, fr. Fine, clear (said of the air or weather): cf. F. Ediometre. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Eudiometer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1888)
"I claim for the present form of eudiometer that it is orrect and reliable in its working, simple in construction, and easy f manipulation. ..."

2. Cavendish by Christa Jungnickel, Russell McCormmach (1996)
"fS VI Is t PLATE X. eudiometer. Figure 1 shows the main apparatus, a glass cylinder A ... It was not known then that the airs reacting in the eudiometer, ..."

3. The Principles of Chemistry by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev, Thomas Atkinson Lawson (1897)
"In order to test this, the eudiometer is filled with mercury, and its open end inverted into mercury. If there be the smallest orifice at the wires, ..."

4. A Compendium of the Course of Chemical Instruction in the Medical Department by Robert Hare (1828)
"A SIMPLE ATMOSPHERIC eudiometer, BY PHOSPHORUS, If a cylinder of phosphorus be supported upon a wire (as here represented) within a glass matrass, ..."

5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1881)
"The reason of this is obvious and can readily be explained by the following diagram : r- ' The usual Wilkinson eudiometer has quite a long and thin neck ..."

6. Elements of Chemistry: For the Use of Colleges, Academies, and Schools by Victor Regnault (1853)
"The mixture is then introduced into an apparatus called a eudiometer, ... The eudiometer (fig. 157) is composed of very thick glass, having at its upper ..."

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