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Thermometer

An instrument for measuring temperature, founded on the principle that changes of temperature in bodies are accompained by proportional changes in their volumes or dimensions.

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Pyrometer 76% connected

An instrument used for measuring the expansion of solid bodies by heat.

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Telethermometer 76% connected

An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise.

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Thermograph 76% connected

An instrument for automatically recording indications of the variation of temperature.

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Thermometrograph 76% connected

An instrument for recording graphically the variations of temperature, or the indications of a thermometer.

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Thermopile 76% connected

An instrument of extreme sensibility, used to determine slight differences and degrees of heat. It is composed of alternate bars of antimony and bism…

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Thermometric 74% connected

Alt. of Thermometrical

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Thermometric 74% connected

Alt. of Thermometrical

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Capillary 70% connected

Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary vessels of animals and p…

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