| Device |
Quantity measured |
| Accelerometer |
physical, accelerations |
| actinometer |
heating power of sunlight |
| Alcoholmeter |
alcoholic strength of liquids |
| altimeter |
altitude |
| Ammeter |
electric current |
| Anemometer |
windspeed |
| Audiometer |
hearing |
| Barkometer |
tanning liquors used in tanning leather |
| Barometer |
air pressure |
| Caliper |
distance |
| Calorimeter |
heat of chemical reactions |
| Chronometer or clock |
time |
| Colorimeter |
colour |
| Densimeter |
specific gravity of liquids |
| Diffractometer |
structure of crystals |
| disdrometer |
size, speed, and velocity of raindrops |
| Dosimeter |
exposure to hazards, especially radiation |
| Electricity meter |
electrical energy used |
| Electrometer |
electric charge |
| Evaporimeter |
rate of evaporation |
| Fathometer |
ocean depth |
| Galvanometer |
electricity |
| Hydrometer |
specific gravity of liquids (density of liquids) |
| Hygrometer |
humidity |
| Lactometer |
specific gravity of milk |
| lux meter |
intensity of light |
| Manometer |
pressure of gas |
| Odometer |
distance travelled |
| Polarimeter |
rotation of polarized light |
| Psychrometer |
humidity |
| Seismometer |
seismic waves (for example, earthquakes) |
| Spectrometer |
properties of light |
| Sphygmomanometer |
blood pressure |
| Tintometer |
colour |
| Viscometer |
viscosity of a fluid |
| VU meter |
volume unit |
| wind vane |
wind direction |
| Zymometer |
fermentation |
