Spirometers, which are instruments designed to measure a person`s lung capacity, are both fairly complicated and expensive devices, and would be difficult to construct at home. The `puffometer` described in this article, whilst making no claims to providing accurate volume measurements, nonetheless represents a relatively simple (and amusing) means of comparing how much air different people can expel in a single breath by measuring how long they can hold a whistled note.
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