| Device | Quantity measured |
| Accelerometer | physical, accelerations |
| actinometer | heating power of sunlight |
| Alcoholmeter | alcoholic strength of liquids |
| altimeter | altitude |
| Ammeter | electric current |
| Anemometer | windspeed |
| Audiometer | hearing |
| Barkometer | tanning liquors used in tanning leather |
| Barometer | air pressure |
| Caliper | distance |
| Calorimeter | heat of chemical reactions |
| Chronometer or clock | time |
| Colorimeter | colour |
| Densimeter | specific gravity of liquids |
| Diffractometer | structure of crystals |
| disdrometer | size, speed, and velocity of raindrops |
| Dosimeter | exposure to hazards, especially radiation |
| Electricity meter | electrical energy used |
| Electrometer | electric charge |
| Evaporimeter | rate of evaporation |
| Fathometer | ocean depth |
| Galvanometer | electricity |
| Hydrometer | specific gravity of liquids (density of liquids) |
| Hygrometer | humidity |
| Lactometer | specific gravity of milk |
| lux meter | intensity of light |
| Manometer | pressure of gas |
| Odometer | distance travelled |
| Polarimeter | rotation of polarized light |
| Psychrometer | humidity |
| Seismometer | seismic waves (for example, earthquakes) |
| Spectrometer | properties of light |
| Sphygmomanometer | blood pressure |
| Tintometer | colour |
| Viscometer | viscosity of a fluid |
| VU meter | volume unit |
| wind vane | wind direction |
| Zymometer | fermentation |
