Talk:Rheocord

This word came up when we were adding entries from the Nuttall Encyclopedia. A Rheocord is apparently an obsolete scientific instrument. As Rick Boatright puts it:

"The Nuttall definition of this and of Rheometry is hoplessly out of date. The term, as used in Nuttall refers to Rheostats, commonly now called Potentiometers, which are variable resisters to and is, essentially a mechanisms for measuring voltage. Rheometry now refers to the measurement of shear stress and displacement in materials. The older name is utterly deprecated... Rick Boatright 02:59, 31 August 2005 (UTC)" (from Nuttall_Encyclopedia_topics/19)