phonometer
Americannoun
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Example Sentences
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The light of the phonometer had flashed up.
From The Treasure-Train by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
Without the phonometer to warn us, it must inevitably have met us and blocked our escape over the road ahead.
From The Treasure-Train by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
So it is only necessary to twist the phonometer about on its pivot until the sound is received most loudly in the horns and the band of light is greatest.
From The Treasure-Train by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
The sound enters the two horns of the phonometer, is focused at the neck, and strikes on a delicate diaphragm, behind which is a needle.
From The Treasure-Train by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
Banging and pounding, we forged ahead, straining our eyes to watch the road, the distance, the time, and the phonometer all at once.
From The Treasure-Train by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
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