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Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1966
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 8vo (24.5 cm), XIII, 251 pp. Publisher's cloth, dust jacket (dust jacket somewhat sunned and rubbed at extremities). First edition of this authoritative study tracing the development of temperature measurement from the earliest air thermoscopes of Galileo and Santorio Santorio through the establish…ment of the Fahrenheit, Réaumur, and centigrade scales, and onward to later electrical, deformation, and recording thermometers. The work places particular emphasis on meteorological practice, especially the problems of standardisation, exposure, and instrument sheltering. A detailed final section addresses issues of thermometer exposure and shelter design, bringing the narrative into modern meteorological practice. Thoroughly grounded in primary sources, with translations from foreign-language materials undertaken by the author, the study reflects Middleton's expertise as one of the leading historians of meteorological instruments. It forms a companion volume to his A History of the Barometer and remains a standard reference in the field.
