The same unanimity has not prevailed either as respects the unit or the thermometric zero. In England, Holland, some of the German States, and in North America, the interval between the freezing and boiling points is divided into 180 equal parts, each... The Elements of Acoustics, Light, and Heat - Page 116by John Charles Buckmaster - 1871 - 186 pagesFull view - About this book
| Dionysius Lardner - 1852 - 500 pages
...unit or the thermometric zero. In England, Holland, some of the German States, and in North America, the interval between the freezing and boiling points is divided into 180 equal parts, each part representing the thermometric unit. The scale is continued by equal divisions... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - 1853 - 476 pages
...unit or the thermometric zero. In England, Holland, some of the German States, and in North America, the interval between the freezing and boiling points is divided into 180 equal parts, each part representing the thermometric unit. The scale is continued by equal divisions... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - 1853 - 484 pages
...unit or the thermometric zero. In England, Holland, some of the German States, and in North America, the interval between the freezing and boiling points is divided into 180 equal parts, each part representing the thermometric unit. The scale is continued by equal divisions... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - Arts - 1855 - 466 pages
...unit or the thermometric zero. In England, Holland, some of the German States, and in North America, the interval between the freezing and boiling points is divided into 180 equal parts, each part representing the thermometric unit. The scale is continued by equal divisions... | |
| John Charles Buckmaster - Chemistry, Inorganic - 1858 - 240 pages
...These points are marked, and the interval divided into degrees : the division is entirely arbitrary. In Europe and America the Centigrade scale is used ;...between the freezing and boiling points is divided into 1 80°, in the Centigrade it is divided into 100°. In F. the temperature of ebullition is expressed... | |
| John Charles Buckmaster - Physics - 1864 - 216 pages
...(Fig. 34) of FIG. 84. and the interval divided into degrees : the division is entirely arbitrary. In Europe and America the Centigrade scale is used; in England, the scale known as Fahrenheit,s is employed. In the F. thermometer the interval between the freezing and boiling points... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - 1877 - 526 pages
...or the zero of the thermometric scale. In England, Holland, North America, and the British Colonies, the interval between the freezing and boiling points is divided into 180 equal parts, each part representing the thermometric unit. The scale is continued by equal divisions... | |
| Robert Henry Scott - Meteorology - 1885 - 458 pages
...Fahrenheit, Linnaeus, and Reaumur. In Fahrenheit's thermometer, used at all British and American stations, the interval between the freezing and boiling points is divided into 180 degrees, the freezing-point being 32° and the boiling-point 212°. In the Centigrade thermometer,... | |
| Samuel Escue Tillman - Heat - 1907 - 232 pages
...point of water at 100. This scale is sometimes called the Celsius scale. 2. The Fahrenheit.—In which the interval between the freezing and boiling points is divided into 180 equal parts, the melting point being at 32 and the boiling point at 212, so that on this scale the... | |
| Herbert B. Mason - Naval art and science - 1908 - 752 pages
...untwisted. Fahrenheit. The thermometer scale in general use in English-speaking countries, in which the interval between the freezing and boiling points is divided into 180°, the freezing point being 32° and the boiling point 212°. Fahrenheit, Gabriel Daniel (1686-1736) (b.... | |
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