measuring glass (mezhuringglas)

A graduated gla ve el used by chemists, pharmacists, and others for measuring fluids. measuring-line (mezh'ür-ing-lin), n. A line used for measuring lengths. measuring-machine ( machine (mezh'ur-ing-ma-shēn n. A device for the exact determination of length or end-measurement. Such instruments usually consist of a metallic bed-piece with a head-stock at each end, of sliding bars which in shape are true rectangular parallelepipeds, and of a combination of two or more accurate micrometer-screws, attached to the head-stocks, and driven by graduated wheels so as to advance or retract the bars, which slide in a groove between the headstocks.