Measuring Instruments

QUANTITY INSTRUMENT

Speed of rotation – tachometer

Speed – speedometer

Acceleration – accelerometer

Mass – balance, katharometer

Linear momentum – ballistic pendulum

Force – force gauge, tribometer

Wind speed – anemometer

Pressure – barometer, manometer

Angular velocity – stroboscope, tachometer

Torque – dynamometer, torque wrench

Direction – gyroscope

Electric current – ammeter, galvanometer

Voltage – voltmeter, oscilloscope

Resistance – ohmmeter

Electric capacitance – capacitance meter

Electric inductance – inductance meter

Electric power – wattmeter

Electric field – field mill

Magnetic field – magnetometer

Hardness of a solid – durometer

Viscosity of a fluid – viscometer, rheometer

Optical activity – polarimeter

Surface tension of liquids – tensiometer

Magnetic susceptibility gouy balance

Humidity – hygrometer, lysimeter

Illuminace – lux meter, photometer

Smell – olfactometer