Thermometer
Auteur : Albert Van Helden
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Éditeur : Albert Van Helden.
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Résumé du livre
Presents information on the history of the thermometer, provided by Albert Van Helden. Discusses the first solution to measuring heat, the thermoscope. Highlights the further development of the thermoscope with a numerical scale, which become a full-fledged air thermometer. Details the development of the universal temperature scales by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit and Anders Celsius.