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Refractometer

noun
1.
Measuring instrument for measuring the refractive index of a substance.





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"Refractometer" Quotes from Famous Books



... now adjusted so that colored fringes appear in white light. These can be measured to within one-twentieth of a wave length, and probably to within one-fiftieth. The piece, lm, is then moved forward till the fringes again appear at m. Then the refractometer is moved in the same direction till the fringes appear again at l, and so on till the whole meter has been stepped off. Supposing that in this operation the error in the setting of the fringes is always in the same direction, the whole error in stepping off ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 633, February 18, 1888 • Various


Words linked to "Refractometer" :   measuring system, measuring device, measuring instrument


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