In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
REFRACTOMETER
refractometer
(noun) measuring instrument for measuring the refractive index of a substance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
refractometer (plural refractometers)
(physics) An optical instrument used to measure the refractive index of a substance.
Source: Wiktionary
Re`frac*tom"e*ter (r`frk*tm"*tr), n. Etym: [Refraction + -meter.] (Opt.)
Definition: A contrivance for exhibiting and measuring the refraction of light.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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