Physics

A sextant is an instrument that measures a celestial object’s altitude above the horizon. It is a device that measures the angular distance between two visible objects. Experts give this measurement process using various terminologies like taking a sight, shooting the object, or sighting the object. A sextant is used to calculate an object’s angle. […]

An anemometer is a wind measurement tool that measures wind direction, amplitude, intensity and speed. Meteorologists frequently use this method to examine weather conditions. Physicists use it to consider the path of airflow. The first ones have constructed hundreds of years ago to estimate wind measurement. They come in both manual and digital versions and

An ammeter (short for ampere metre) is a measuring device that is used to determine the current in the circuit. The term comes from the fact that electric currents are measured in Amperes (A). The ammeter is normally wired in series with the circuit that will be used to measure the current. The resistance of

A voltmeter is an electrical instrument that helps measure the potential differences across any device connected to a circuit. A voltmeter is connected in parallel to a device to measure the device’s voltage. Ideally, a voltmeter poses high resistance. Thus, it is not connected in series since if it were, it would pose high resistance

A cyclotron is an instrument used to accelerate particles. This instrument was invented in 1930 by Ernest O. Lawrence to investigate the structure of the nucleus. It was patented in 1932 by Lawrence. He was a nuclear physicist who got the Nobel Prize for the invention of the cyclotron in 1939.  A cyclotron is a

A cryometer is a category of thermometer used to detect low-range temperatures of different objects like solids, liquids, etc. It is specifically used to measure significant low temperatures of any object. In some thermometers, instead of mercury, ethanol filling is used, which can be used in meteorological measurements of low temperatures to the range of

A viscometer is a very important component in the field of fluid dynamics. This instrument is used widely to measure the viscosity of a fluid. Viscosity has several implementations not just in the field of physics but in engineering and tribology fields as well. For example, a viscosity that is too low can cause wear,