eudiometer
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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
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Alessandro Volta designed a eudiometer for exploding bad-smelling gases with electricity.
From Time Magazine Archive
A eudiometer tube is filled with mercury and inverted in a vessel of the same liquid.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
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
If the two gases are introduced into the eudiometer in the exact proportions in which they combine, after the combination has taken place the liquid will rise and completely fill the tube.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
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
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