tomsharp · @tomsharp
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In 1803, Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau calibrated his platinum pyrometer with a mercury thermometer and compared its results to the Wedgwood scale. #Poetry #Science #History #Thermometry #Pyrometer #Guyton (https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1803c.html)
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tomsharp · @tomsharp
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In 1742, Anders Celsius redesigned Delisle’s recalibrated temperature scale, and named it the centigrade scale, now reversed and called the Celsius scale. #Poetry #Science #History #Temperature #Metrology #Thermometry #Celsius (https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1742.html)
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tomsharp · @tomsharp
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In 1701, Isaac Newton invented a calibrated temperature scale for measuring the melting points of metals. #Poetry #History #Science #Thermometry #Newton (https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1701a.html)
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