eudiometer

American  

[yoo-dee-om-i-ter] / ˌyu diˈɒm ɪ tər /

noun

Chemistry.

1. a graduated glass measuring tube for gas analysis.

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eudiometer British  

/ ˌjuːdɪˈɒmɪtə, ˌjuːdɪəˈmɛtrɪk /

noun

1. a graduated glass tube used in the study and volumetric analysis of gas reactions

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Other Word Forms

• eudiometric adjective
• eudiometrical adjective
• eudiometrically adverb
• eudiometry noun

Etymology

Origin of eudiometer

1770–80; < Greek eúdio ( s ) clear, mild (literally, well skied, equivalent to eu- eu- + di-, stem of Zeus god of the sky + -os adj. suffix) + -meter

Example Sentences

Alessandro Volta designed a eudiometer for exploding bad-smelling gases with electricity.

From Time Magazine Archive

The eudiometer, a most curious instrument for fixing the purity of air, by measuring the proportion of oxygen, was discovered by Dr. Priestley.

From Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. by Various

Detonating Tube, a species of eudiometer, being a stout glass tube used in chemical analysis for detonating gaseous bodies.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

The gas collected in the tube of Fontana's eudiometer had been shaken for a long time with water.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von

When the quantitative synthesis of water is carried out in the eudiometer as described above, the water vapor formed by the union of the hydrogen and oxygen at once condenses.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William