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Thermometers - Early works to 1800
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Thermometrum magnum: or, grand standard thermometer. Expressing all degrees of heat and cold, from that with which Mercury boils, to that which congeals it into solid Metal. To which are adjusted the celebrated scales of Sir Isaac Newton, Fahrenheit, De L'Isle, and Reaumur, for comparing observations made in every part of the globe, and in all Degrees of Temperature in the Air, or any other Bodies. The whole delineated on, and illustrated by, a large copper-plate. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: 1772- Books
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A moral and physical thermometer: or, A scale of the progress of temperance and intemperance.
Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815.Date: 1780?]- Books
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Additional observations on making a thermometer for measuring the higher degrees of heat. By Mr. Josiah Wedgwood, F.R.S. and A.S. and potter to Her Majesty. Read at the Royal Society, June 22, 1786.
Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795.Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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A description of the nature, construction, and use of the Torricellian, or simple barometer. With a Scale of Rectification For estimating the True Altitude of the Column of Mercury (equal to the Weight of the Atmosphere) to the Hundredth Part of an Inch. Also the theory and construction of the compound barometer ; the Nature and Use of the Thermometer, and Hygrometer. With an Appendix, Containing an Analytical Solution of a Barometrical Problem. The whole illustrated by Copper-Plate Figures of the several Instruments. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: MDCCLXVI. [1766]- Books
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A table plainly teaching ye making and use of a wetherglas.
Date: 1631