How many scientific instruments start with S?

15 of the 93 scientific instruments in Icillion start with S, for example Stopwatch, Spectrometer and Seismometer.

What is the longest name among scientific instruments that start with S?

The longest is “Scintillation counter” and the shortest is “Sextant”.

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15 scientific instruments start with S, from “Scintillation counter” to “Sundial”. Every one of them counts as an answer in Icillion.

S is the most common first letter in this list: 15 of the 93 scientific instruments (16%).
Shortest: “Sextant”. Longest: “Scintillation counter”.
4 names have more than one word.
4 can be spelled more than one way, and all the spellings count.

How many scientific instruments start with S?: 15 of the 93 scientific instruments in Icillion start with S, for example Stopwatch, Spectrometer and Seismometer.
What is the longest name among scientific instruments that start with S?: The longest is “Scintillation counter” and the shortest is “Sextant”.

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