Diagometer

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Diagometer \Di`a*gom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? to transmit + -meter.]
     A sort of electroscope, invented by Rousseau, in which the
     dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity
     transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their
     conducting power. --Nichol.
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