An odometer is the most typical mile measuring device. A topofile plays out a string against a wheel which can also measure miles. More cumbersome yet one could use a chain or tape measure. Less cumbersome would be a laser. Even small survey lasers can accurately measure a mile.
You could time sound waves using a clock, or light reflection with an extremely accurate clock.
Given a known "height" standard, you can use parallax (surveyor's theodolite).
For light years, you can use "standard candles"... stars of known mass / intensity, and measure the intensity of the unknown distant object. The instrument for this would be a photon counter.
For objects outside the Virgo supercluster, you can use redshift of characteristic wavelengths--measured by a spectrophotometer.
well if I had to say it would be a odometer or a trundle wheel
In a car it is called an odometer.
An 'Odometer' measures mileage.
A calorimeter measures heat. In contrast, a thermometer measures temperature.A thermometer bolometer - an instrument that measures heat radiation; extremely sensitive calorimeter - a measuring instrument that determines quantities of heatHeat is measured with a ThermometerThermometerThermometer or calorimeterThermometerthermometerHeat is measured with a thermometer.
discriminant validity
A spring scale measures weight.
spectrometer spectrometer
dewpoint apparatus
This instrument is a balance.
A tiltmeter measures changes in the tilt of the earth. :)A tiltmeter is an instrument that measures changes in the tilt of the earth. :)
A calorimeter measures heat. In contrast, a thermometer measures temperature.A thermometer bolometer - an instrument that measures heat radiation; extremely sensitive calorimeter - a measuring instrument that determines quantities of heatHeat is measured with a ThermometerThermometerThermometer or calorimeterThermometerthermometerHeat is measured with a thermometer.
A thermometer measures molecular energy.
a calender
ruler
An aeroplane
a creep meter
A sextant
A ruler
grams
Rulers...