Alkalimeter
an instrument for determining the quant-ty of carbon dioxide.
historical examples
it will at once be seen that every alkalimeter division of the first of the above acids, and every 10 gr.
cooley’s cyclopdia of practical receipts and collateral information in the arts, manufactures, professions, and trades…, sixth edition, volume i arnold cooley
noun
an apparatus for determining the concentration of alkalis in solution
an apparatus for determining the quant-ty of carbon dioxide in carbonates
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