measuring cylinder
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common piece of laboratory equipment used to measure the volume of a liquid; has a narrow cylindrical shape
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- laboratory glassware
- Material used
- glass
- Image
- Different types of graduated cylinder- 10ml, 25ml, 50ml and 100 ml graduated cylinder.jpg
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- Commons category
- Graduated cylinders
- Commons gallery
- Graduated cylinder
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- discoverer or inventor
- Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau
- time of discovery or invention
- 1784-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Different types of graduated cylinder: 10mL, 25mL, 50mL and 100mL graduated cylinder A graduated cylinder, also known as a measuring cylinder or mixing cylinder, is a common piece of laboratory equipment used to measure the volume of a liquid. It has a narrow cylindrical shape. Each marked line on the graduated cylinder represents the amount of liquid that has been measured.
Materials and structure
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