9 Apparatus and instruments for acquiring, monitoring, recording, displaying, indicating, analyzing, and sharing physical data of fluid conveyance apparatus and conveyed fluids, namely, pressure sensors, temperature sensors, flow sensors in the nature of fluid sensors, surface acoustic wave sensors, optical sensors, hydrophones, strain gauge sensors, sensors for the determination of position, distance, velocity, or acceleration, calibration devices for calibrating said sensors, electronic data loggers and recorders, electronic controllers, downloadable computer software for use in data acquisition and analysis, radio-frequency identification devices in the nature of RFID labels, RFID readers, RFID stickers, and RFID tags using electromagnetic fields, and wireless devices using short-wavelength UHF radio waves, in the nature of wireless communication devices for voice, data, and image transmission