An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
LYSIMETER
Etymology
Noun
lysimeter (plural lysimeters)
An instrument that measures the percolation of water through soil
Source: Wiktionary
Ly*sim"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. -meter.]
Definition: An instrument for measuring the water that percolates through a certain depth of soil. Knight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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