Laboratory equipment. Scientists working in laboratories will make use of many different kinds of tools and these are referred to as laboratory equipment. These will include microscopes, petri dishes and bunsen burners. Other more specialized laboratory equipment is also employed such as spectrophotometers, operant conditioning chambers and calorimeters. Yet another type of important equipment is laboratory glassware. Laboratory equipment is used to carry out experiments collect data and take important measurements. More important and sophisticated equipment is generally known as scientific instrument. Other pieces of equipment such as a gas syringe, graduated cylinder, pycnometer, seperating funnel, and condenser are important scientific tools, and there are many more to numerous to mention.