Water Measure - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: water measureWater-measure
Water-measure, a greater measure than the Winchester, formerly used for selling coals in the Pool, etc., 22 Car. 2, c. 11...
Water-gage
Water-gage, a sea-wall or bank to restrain the current and overflowing of water; also gauge, an instrument to measure water...
Lysimeter
An instrument for measuring the water that percolates through a certain depth of soil...
Clepsydra
A water clock a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid as of water through a small aperture See Illust in Appendix...
Fathom
A measure of length containing six feet the space to which a man can extend his arms used chiefly in measuring cables cordage and the depth of navigable water by soundings...
Hypsometer
An instrument for measuring heights by observation of barometric pressure esp one for determining heights by ascertaining the boiling point of water It consists of a vessel for water with a lamp for heating it and an inclosed thermometer for showing the temperature of ebullition...
meander line
meander line : a usually irregular surveyed line following the outline of a body of water that is used to measure abutting property and is not a boundary line ...
Drop
The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass a liquid globule a minim hence also the smallest easily measured portion of a fluid a small quantity as a drop of water...
Fluviometer
An instrument for measuring the height of water in a river a river gauge...
Hydrography
The art of measuring and describing the sea lakes rivers and other waters with their phenomena...
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