Instrument Uses

Altimeter To measure altitude (height froms ea level)

Anemometer To measure speed of wind
Audiometer Used to know the hearing ability of patients, by doctors
Ball Pen To write with very viscous ink, uses gravity and friction
Barometer Used to mrasure atmospheric pressure
Bolometer To measure amount of incident radiation (and temperature)
Bulb Filament is made of tungsten, gas is Argon, most energy is lost in the form of IR (heat)
Exposure time make image bright but causes motion blur, aperture decided field of depth and
Camera-basics brightness.
CFL Compact Fluorescent Lamp, more energy efficient as compared to incandescent bulbs.
Choke An example of inductor, reduces AC, allows DC
Chronometer A precise time-keeping device, first built in response to a challenge to measure longitude
Cinema Multiple frames pass every-second to cause an illusion of motion
Coolidge tube A tube to produce X-Rays
Crookes tube A tube to produce X-Rays
CRT Cathode Ray Tube, uses electrons that hit a phosphor screen, and produces image
Cyclotron A primordial particle accelerator, uses electric and magnetic field
Desert Cooler Causes cooling by evaporation of liquid water, optimum in dry and warm climate
Dosimeter Measures the amount of radiation dose taken
Dynamo Used to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy
Eidograph Arrangement of levers to make magnified sized images (drawing)
Electo Precipitator A device to reduce pollution (smoke) from exhaust of vehicles. Uses heavy metals like palladium
Developed by Knoll and Ruska, has higher magnification than optical telescope due to lower
Electron Microscope wavelengths
Ergograph To measure work done by muscles
Also known as black box, but orange in color. Records data about flights, and investigated in
Flight recorder case of accidents
Gramophone A phonograph to play (and record) sound
Hydrometer To measure relative density of a liquid
Hygrometer To measure humidity
Lactometer Measures the purity of milk
LASER Light Amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
LHC Large Hadron Collider, a world class particle accelerator, located in Switzerlad, CERN
Lighthouse A high tower with a strong beam of light to guide the ships
Loudspeaker Converts digital (electricial) signals to analogue (sound)signals
MASER Microwave
Microphone Converts analogue (sound) signals to digital (electricial) signals
A simple microscope makes inverted, real enlarged image. I compound microscope makes virtual
Microscope inverted enlarged image
Convection oven uses circulation of hot air, microwave oven uses microwaves to heat polar
Oven molecules (water)
Magnetic resonance imaging, Uses stong magnetic field, exploits magnetic property of hydrogen
MRI atoms
Multimeter Used to measure many parameters of electricity (current, voltage, resistance etc)
Newton's disc A multi-colored disc when rotated very fast appears grey-white
Optical filter A film that filters out certain colours from incident radiations
Pantograph A lever arrangement device (like eidograph)
Uses 2 plane mirrors parallel to each other, exploits reflection of light, used to have oblique
Periscope vision
Photocell Solar cell converts light energy to DC electrical energy
Psychrometer Measures humidity in air
Pycnometer Measures volume of irregular shaped objects
Pyrheliometer Tyo measure solar radiance
RADAR Radio Detection and Ranging, used to find location of aeroplanes

Refrigerator Compresses gas to release heat from it, expands gas to absorb heat from surroundings
Seismograph To measure intensit of earthquake
SONAR Sound Navigation and Ranging, used to find objects underwater

Sonometer Used to establish relation between tension of a string and frequency of a standing wave in it
Used in a petrol engine to begin ignition of fuel. Unwanted Ignition without spark plug causes
Spark Plug knocking

Spectrometer To analyse various Em waves (usually visible) in order of their frequency (or refraction)
Telescope Refractive telescopes use convex lenses, Reflective telescopes use concave mirror

Thermocouple Used to measure incident radiation, by temperature difference in junction of two metals
Thermograph to make images of IR radiation
Thermometer To measure temperature
Thermopile Group of many thermocouples
Venturimeter Used to know pressure difference in a flowing fluid
Voltmeter To measure potential difference (voltage, EMF) between two points.