butyrometer
(bjuːtɪˈrɒmɪtə(r))
[f. butyro- + -meter.]
An instrument for estimating the percentage of butter-fat in milk. Cf. lacto-butyrometer s.v. lacto-.
| [1863 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XXIV. ii. 315 Marchand's lacto⁓butyrometer.] 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 360/1 The butyrometer is extremely useful, alike for measuring periodically the fat-producing capacity of individual cows in a herd, for rapidly ascertaining the percentage of fat in milk delivered to factories [etc.]. 1961 B.S.I. News Sept. 13/1 Milk hydrometers, butyrometers, [etc.]. |