sclerometern.
/sklɪəˈrɒmɪtə/ An instrument for measuring the hardness of crystals.
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sclerometer1879
Scleroscope1907
Shore Scleroscope1908
Brinell1915
hardometer1919
Rockwell1920
indenter1929
1879 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Suppl.
1886 Judd in Mineral. Mag. Dec. 85 A means of expressing the cohesive force in different parts of a crystal mass as determined by the sclerometer.
1895 N. Story-Maskelyne Crystallogr. i. §9 The hardness of crystals in different directions has been estimated by means of an instrument termed a sclerometer.
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