Lippmann electrometerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

A Lippmann electrometer is a device for detecting small rushes of electric current and was invented by Gabriel Lippmann. The device consists of a U-tube which is thick on one end and very thin on the other. The thin end is designed to act as a capillary tube. The U-tube is half-filled with mercury with a small amount of dilute sulfuric acid above the mercury in the capillary tube. Metal wires are connected at the thick end into the mercury and at the thin end into the sulfuric acid.