densimeter

American

[den-sim-i-ter] / dɛnˈsɪm ɪ tər /

noun

Chemistry, Physics.

any instrument for measuring density.

densimeter British

/ dɛnˈsɪmɪtə, ˌdɛnsɪˈmɛtrɪk /

noun

physics any instrument for measuring density

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Etymology

Origin of densimeter

1860–65; < Latin dēns ( us ) dense + -i- + -meter

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The examination of black blasting powder has been greatly facilitated and, at the same time, made considerably more accurate, by means of a densimeter devised at this laboratory.

From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural Materials and Fuels. Paper No. 1171 by Wilson, Herbert M.

Density.—The density is generally obtained in some form of mercury densimeter, the powder being weighed in air and then under mercury.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

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