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Which of the following dynamometers works on the assumption of uniform density of air?

(a) Belt transmission

(b) Epicyclic train dynamometer

(c) Torsional dynamometer

(d) Bevis-Gibson Flash Light Torsion Dynamometer

This question was addressed to me in an online interview.

The origin of the question is Bevis Gibson Flash Light Torsion Dynamometer in division Brakes and Dynamometers of Machine Dynamics

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Right choice is (d) Bevis-Gibson Flash Light Torsion Dynamometer

For explanation I would say: Bevis-Gibson Flash Light Torsion Dynamometer’s working depends on the fact that the density of air is uniform and light has an infinite velocity during its propagation.

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