R: The Stormer Viscometer Data

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## The Stormer Viscometer Data

### Description

The stormer viscometer measures the viscosity of a fluid by measuring the time taken for an inner cylinder in the mechanism to perform a fixed number of revolutions in response to an actuating weight. The viscometer is calibrated by measuring the time taken with varying weights while the mechanism is suspended in fluids of accurately known viscosity. The data comes from such a calibration, and theoretical considerations suggest a nonlinear relationship between time, weight and viscosity, of the form `Time = (B1*Viscosity)/(Weight - B2) + E` where `B1` and `B2` are unknown parameters to be estimated, and `E` is error.

### Usage

    stormer

### Format

The data frame contains the following components:

`Viscosity`
  Viscosity of fluid
`Wt`
  Actuating weight
`Time`
  Time taken

### Source

E. J. Williams (1959) Regression Analysis. Wiley.

### References

Venables, W. N. and Ripley, B. D. (2002) Modern Applied Statistics with S. Fourth edition. Springer.

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