The eudiometer has been shown to be one of the elements in this mix that kept a whole community of researchers together, even while they were at odds about the significance and the proper use of the thing.
"[6] By World War II, the demand for improved analyses of wartime products such as medicines, fuels, and weaponized agents pushed instrumentation to new heights.
[8][9] Scientific instruments vary greatly in size, shape, purpose, complication and complexity.
However, some scientific instruments can be quite large in size and significant in complexity, like particle colliders or radio-telescope antennas.
[11][12] Instruments are increasingly based upon integration with computers to improve and simplify control; enhance and extend instrumental functions, conditions, and parameter adjustments; and streamline data sampling, collection, resolution, analysis (both during and post-process), and storage and retrieval.