A`ër·om'e·ter noun [ Aëro- + -meter : confer French éromètre .] An instrument for ascertaining the weight or density of air and gases. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/37
An Aerometer is an instrument used for ascertaining the weight or density of air and gases. Simpler aerometers measure only the relative weights of liquids. They consist of a tube of glass, terminated in a ball at its lower part, and divided into equal portions through its whole length. Another ball filled with mercury is soldered below to keep it ... Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/GA.HTM