Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
13
Instrumentation and Computation
of new instruments are being invented and
dedicated for the betterment of the humanity.
One can hardly provide description of all these
instruments at any point of time. In this chapter,
our attempt will remain to provide a brief descrip-
tion of some of the mostly used instruments in
agriculture and allied fields. It must clearly be
noted that this attempt is neither exhaustive nor
any effort to list the instruments. The following
table gives a glimpse of few instruments used.
13.1
Instruments
Instruments have become an indispensible part of
modern scientific research; may it be laboratory/
field research, use of one or more instruments is
inevitable. The knowledge of instruments about
their function, principle, and safety measure dur-
ing use is an essential part of research activities.
Thousands of instruments with their variants are
being put into use in research. Everyday a number
