eriometern.
/ɛrɪˈɒmɪtə/ An instrument for measuring by optical means the diameter of small fibres, such as wool, cotton, or flax.
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1829 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. Optics xv. 27 By means of an instrument which he [? Dr. Young] calls an Eriometer, he was enabled to measure the size of minute particles or fibres.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 406/2 The results..having.. been come to by the aid of the eriometer.
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