Xylometer
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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Xylometer
a device for measuring the volume of irregularly shaped objects (originally for wooden objects). The xylome-ter operates on the basis of measuring the volume of liquid displaced by an immersed body. The calculations are made along a vertically graduated transparent tube that communicates with the vessel.
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