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voˌlumeˈnometer
[f. L. volūmen (cf. prec.) taken in the sense of volume n. 7 + -ometer.]
(See quot. 1868.) Also voˌlumeˈnometry, ‘the art of determining the volumes or spaces occupied by bodies’ (Imp. Dict. 1884).
1857Miller Elem. Chem., Org. 765 Their apparatus or volumenometer consists of a globular flask provided with a long narrow neck..graduated from below upwards, to indicate grains of water. 1868Watts Dict. Chem. V. 1005 Volumenometer, or Stereometer... Instruments for measuring the volume of a solid body by the quantity of a liquid or of air which it displaces, and thence also determining its specific gravity. |