Tasimeter
[tә'simitә]
Definition
n. an apparatus for detecting changes in pressure by the variations in the electrical conductivity of carbon.—adj. Tasimet′ric.—n. Tasim′etry.
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Examples
- In practice, and for measurements of a very delicate nature, the tasimeter is inserted in one arm of a Wheatstone bridge, as shown at A in the diagram (Fig. 2). Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A few years later, in 1878, Edison went to Wyoming with a group of astronomers, to test his tasimeter during an eclipse of the sun, and saw the land white to harvest. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The tasimeter has been used to demonstrate heat from remote stars (suns), such as Arcturus. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The second includes devices like the tasimeter, phonomotor, odoroscope, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Last but not least, in this beautiful and ingenious series, comes the tasimeter, an instrument of most delicate sensibility in the presence of heat. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The lure of 1878 was the opportunity to try the ability of his delicate tasimeter during the total eclipse of the sun, July 29. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Edison had tested his tasimeter, and was satisfied that it would measure down to the millionth part of a degree Fahrenheit. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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