In modern day baseball, teams generally have five starting pitchers, and they take it in turn to start a game every fifth day (hence the phrase rotation). Sometimes, if the schedule pans out, a team can get away with a four man rotation, and in the distant past some teams managed a three man rotation.
How Do Dosimeters Work? Dosimeters measure prolonged exposure to potentially dangerous effects. They are used by workers and scientists in a variety of situations, but the most common dosimeters measure either ionizing radiation or noise over periods of time.
An acidometer (sometimes spelled acidimeter) is a hydrometer used to measure the specific gravity of an acid. Salinometer. A salinometer is a hydrometer used to measure the salt content of the feed water to a marine steam boiler. Use in soil analysis A hydrometer analysis is the process by which fine-grained soils, silts and clays, are graded.