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    • Spherometer

    • Spherometer

    • Scientific apparatus and instruments; Santa Clara University (Calif.); Optical instruments

    • The spherometer was used to measure the curvature of lenses.
    • Claravision
    • Oersted Piezometer

    • Oersted Piezometer

    • Scientific apparatus and instruments; Santa Clara University (Calif.); Piezometer

    • The Oersted Piezometer was used to determine the coefficient of the compressibility of liquids. Gases would have been pumped into the chamber through the funnel at the top. The pressure of the gases would have been measured via the water barometer...
    • Claravision
    • Archimedean Screw

    • Archimedean Screw

    • Scientific apparatus and instruments; Santa Clara University (Calif.); Simple machines; Archimedean screw

    • A simple mechanical device credited to Archimedes. When the lower end of the screw is placed in water, turning the device raises water to the top. This principle has various applications for drainage and irrigation, but the instrument can also be...
    • Claravision
    • Thermista Balometer, or Expanding Ball and Ring

    • Thermista Balometer, or Expanding Ball and Ring

    • Scientific apparatus and instruments; Santa Clara University (Calif.); Thermodynamics--Experiments;

    • The brass ball will just pass through a brass ring when cold, but when the ball is heated in boiling water it expands so that it no longer passes through the ring. The ball and ring demonstration of heat expansion has been in use since the early...
    • Claravision
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