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A History of the Thermometer and Its Use in Meteorology

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This history of the thermometer includes controversy about its invention, the story of different scales, Fahrenheit and centigrade, and the history of the gradual scientific then popular understanding of the concept of temperature. Not until 1800 did people interested in thermometers begin to see clearly what they were measuring, and the impetus for improving thermometry came largely from study of the weather—the liquid-in-glass thermometer became the meteorologist's instrument before that of the chemist or physicist. This excellent introductory study follows the development of indicating and recording thermometers until recent times, emphasizing meteorological applications.
Request Code : ZLIBIO779723
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Year:
1966
Publisher:
The Johns Hopkins Press
Language:
English
Pages:
133
ISBN 10:
0801871530
ISBN 13:
9780801871535
ISBN:
0801871530,9780801871535

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