Staktometer

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

  Staktometer \Stak*tom"e*ter\ (st[a^]k*t[o^]m"[-e]*t[~e]r), n.
     [Gr. stakto`s falling by drops + -meter.]
     A drop measurer; a glass tube tapering to a small orifice at
     the point, and having a bulb in the middle, used for finding
     the number of drops in equal quantities of different liquids.
     See {Pipette}. --Sir D. Brewster.


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