Some of the Scientific Instrument, their uses and Inventors

Scientific Instrument	Inventor	Uses
Accumulator	Waldemar Jungner	Used to store electrical energy
Altimeter	Louis Paul Cailletet	Used in aircrafts for measuring altitudes.
Ammeter	Friedrich Drexler	Measures strength of electric current in amperes.
Anemometer	Leon Battista Alberti	Measures force and velocity of wind
Audiometer	Georg von Bekesy	Measures intensity of sound that is it measures how well a person hears.
Accelerometer	George Atwood	It is an electromechanical device used to measure acceleration forces.
Barometer	Evangelista Torricelli	Used to measure atmospheric pressure and conditions
Barograph	Lucien Vidi	Used for continuous recording of atmospheric pressure
Binocular	J. P. Lemiere	Used to view/see distant objects
Bolometer	Samuel Langley	Used to measure heat radiation
Carburettor	Samuel Morey in 1826 Enrico Bernardi in 1882	Used in an internal combustion engine for charging air with petrol vapour
Calliper	Pierre Vernier	Used to measure diameters of thin wire or cylinder
Cardiogram	Willem Einthoven	Used to trace the movements of the heart, recorded on a cardiograph
Colorimeter	Jules Duboscq	Is an instrument used to compare intensities of colour
Cinematograph	Louis Lumiere and his brother Auguste Lumiere	An instrument used for projecting pictures on the screen and to enlarge image of photograph
Crescograph	Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose	Used to record the movement of the tip of a plant
Cryometer	-	Used to measure very low temperatures of objects
Dynamo	Michael Faraday	Converts mechanical energy into electrical energy
Dynamometer	Edme Regnier	Measures force, torque and power
Endoscope	-	Used to examine internal parts of the body
Electrometer	William Snow Harris	Used for measuring electrical potential differences
Fathometer	Herbert Grove Dorsey	Used to measure depth of the ocean
Galvanometer	Johann Schweigger	Used to reproduce the recorded sound