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Scientific apparatus: the devices and instruments built to observe, measure or manipulate the physical world, from the telescope to the mass spectrometer. It excludes the units an instrument reads out in, which have their own category, and excludes the experiments an instrument was built for, which are recorded as their own entities with an instrument connection.

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Analytical Balance

Physical Sciences

Anemometer

Earth Sciences

Armillary Sphere

Physical Sciences

Astrolabe

Physical Sciences

Atomic Absorption Spectrometer

Physical Sciences

Atomic Force Microscope

Life Sciences

Barometer

Earth Sciences

Betatron

Physics

Bubble Chamber

Physics

Calorimeter

Physics

Cathode-ray Tube

Physics

Centrifuge

Life Sciences

Cloud Chamber

Physics

Confocal Microscope

Life Sciences

Coronagraph

Physical Sciences

Cyclotron

Physics

DNA Sequencer

Life Sciences

Electron Microscope

Life Sciences

Fabry-Perot Interferometer

Physics

Flow Cytometer

Life Sciences

Galvanometer

Physics

Gas Chromatograph

Life Sciences

Geiger Counter

Physics

Gel Electrophoresis Apparatus

Life Sciences

Gravimeter

Earth Sciences

High-Performance Liquid Chromatograph

Physical Sciences

Hygrometer

Earth Sciences

Infrared Spectrometer

Physical Sciences

Ionization Chamber

Physics

Large Hadron Collider

Physics

Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory

Physical Sciences

Linear Accelerator

Physics

Magnetometer

Earth Sciences

Mass Spectrometer

Physical Sciences

Meridian Circle

Physical Sciences

Michelson Interferometer

Physics

Microscope

Life Sciences

NMR Spectrometer

Life Sciences

Orrery

Physical Sciences

Oscilloscope

Physics

pH Meter

Physical Sciences

Photometer

Physical Sciences

Polarimeter

Physical Sciences

Radio Telescope

Physical Sciences

Radiosonde

Earth Sciences

Rain Gauge

Earth Sciences

Refractometer

Physical Sciences

Rotary Evaporator

Physical Sciences

Scanning Tunneling Microscope

Physics

Scintillation Counter

Physics

Seismograph

Earth Sciences

Sextant

Physical Sciences

Spectrometer

Physical Sciences

Spectrophotometer

Physical Sciences

Spectroscope

Physical Sciences

Synchrotron

Physics

Telescope

Physical Sciences

Thermal Cycler

Life Sciences

Thermometer

Earth Sciences

Tide Gauge

Earth Sciences

Torsion Balance

Physics

Transistor

Physics

Ultracentrifuge

Life Sciences

Van de Graaff Generator

Physics

Wheatstone Bridge

Physics

X-ray Diffractometer

Life Sciences
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1. Online Etymology Dictionary: instrument
Online Etymology DictionaryOnline Etymology Dictionary, instrument entry, lead sense
Quote, Online Etymology Dictionary, instrument entry, lead sense
late 13c., "musical instrument, mechanical apparatus for producing musical sounds," from Old French instrument, enstrument "means, device; musical instrument"
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Thermal Cycler (Wikipedia)
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