See Also: panhydrometer(medicine)

Cottonian (iou) and panhydrometer (medicine)


Cottonian (iou)



Cottonian adjective. E18.
[from Cotton (see below) + -IAN.]
Of or pertaining to the English antiquary and book-collector Sir Robert Cotton (1570-1631); spec. designating the library he formed, now in the British Library, London.

panhydrometer (medicine)


panhydrometer


A hydrometer for determining the specific gravity of any liquid.

Origin: pan-+ G. Hydor, water, + metron, measure