| Titre : |
A history of the thermometer: and its use in meteorology |
| Type de document : |
livre |
| Auteurs : |
Middleton, W.E.K. |
| Editeur : |
Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Année de publication : |
1966 |
| Importance : |
249 p. |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
IF51218 |
| Note générale : |
Inventaire 2008: Pointé en rayon le 20/05/2008 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Catégories : |
Sciences humaines:Histoire
|
| Mots-clés : |
Atmosphere Mesure Météorologie THERMOMETRE |
| Résumé : |
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. |
| Note de contenu : |
Out of print from University Microfilms International (printed in 1993) |
| En ligne : |
http://books.google.com/books?id=PApRAAAAMAAJ&hl=fr&pgis=1 |
A history of the thermometer: and its use in meteorology [livre] / Middleton, W.E.K. . - Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1966 . - 249 p. ISSN : IF51218 Inventaire 2008: Pointé en rayon le 20/05/2008 Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Catégories : |
Sciences humaines:Histoire
|
| Mots-clés : |
Atmosphere Mesure Météorologie THERMOMETRE |
| Résumé : |
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. |
| Note de contenu : |
Out of print from University Microfilms International (printed in 1993) |
| En ligne : |
http://books.google.com/books?id=PApRAAAAMAAJ&hl=fr&pgis=1 |
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A history of the thermometer: and its use in meteorology (1966)
