ebullioscope
(ɪˈbʌlɪəʊskəʊp)
[mod.f. in Fr.; hybrid formation on L. ēbullīre + Gr. -σκοπος an observer.]
(See quot.)
| 1880 Chamber's Cycl., Ebullioscope, an instrument for ascertaining the strength of distilled liquors by observing the boiling point and the atmospheric pressure. 1882 Nature No. 636. 236 [M. Malligand's] ebullioscope..which the French Syndical Chambers adopted in 1878. |