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"This book traces in detail the invention and evolution of the thermometer... Fully documented, well written, and handsomely designed and illustrated... The book will be of interest to laymen and is a standard reference work for historians of science." -- Library Journal
"Many people will welcome and accept the verdicts of the foremost modern historian of meteorological instruments... His research sheds new light on many old arguments, and some conclusions differ so much from classic accounts that countless textbooks and reference works may need revision." -- Science
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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.
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The opposition of "hot" and "cold," like that of "dry" and "moist," is an inevitable by-product of our sense of touch. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
The opposition of "hot" and "cold," like that of "dry" and "moist," is an inevitable by-product of our sense of touch. Read the first page
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