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stactometer|stækˈtɒmɪtə(r)|
Also stakto-.
[f. Gr. στακτό-ς (see prec.) + -meter.]
(See quot.)
1842Encycl. Brit. (ed. 7) XII. 25/1 (Hydrodynamics), Brewster's Staktometer. The Staktometer, or drop-measurer..is a glass vessel four or five inches long, having a hollow bulb about half an inch in diameter. The instrument is filled by suction... The fluid is then allowed to discharge itself..by drops, and the number of them is counted till the surface of the fluid descends to another fixed point. |