An electrometer For measuring speed of a motor?
"Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management"
Ministry of Education
In 1845 Francis Ronalds at Kew Observatory and Charles Brooke at Greenwich undertook to develop apparatus to register the magnetometer, electrometer, thermometer, and barometer by photography.
"The Introduction of Self-Registering Meteorological Instruments"
Robert P. Multhauf
It has no effect even upon the electrometer or the magnetic needle; its force is radiating, quite independent of light, but considerably increased by heat.
"Modern Magic"
Maximilian Schele de Vere