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Definition of Reaumur thermometer
1. Noun. An alcohol thermometer calibrated in degrees Reaumur.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reaumur Thermometer
Literary usage of Reaumur thermometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mechanical Engineer's Pocket-book: A Reference-book of Rules, Tables by William Kent (1902)
"The Reaumur thermometer is used to some extent on the Continent of Europe. ...
In the Centigrade a,nd Reaumur thermometer» the freezing-point is taken at 0° ..."
2. Sanitary Refrigeration and Ice Making by John Joseph Cosgrove (1914)
"Reading on the Reaumur thermometer can be converted into corresponding readings
on the Centigrade scale by multiplying the Reaumur reading by 5/4. ..."
3. Hygiene and Sanitation: Gesundheitsbüchlein : a Popular Manual to Hygiene by Germany Kaiserliches Gesundheitsamt (1904)
"... in the Reaumur thermometer formerly in use in Germany in 80 equal parts, and
in the Fahrenheit thermometer, mostly used ia England into 180 equal parts, ..."
4. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1908)
"In Russia and a few other countries, another instrument is used, called the
Reaumur thermometer; the freezing point is marked 0°, or zero, and the boiling ..."
5. First Course in Algebra by William Benjamin Fite (1913)
"Reaumur thermometer the zero is at the same point as in the Centigrade and the
temperature at which water boils is marked 80°. ..."
6. Analytic Geometry and Principles of Algebra by Alexander Ziwet, Louis Allen Hopkins, Earle Raymond Hedrick (1915)
"The Reaumur thermometer is graduated so that water freezes at 0° and boils at 80°.
Draw the line that represents the reading fi of the Reaumur thermometer ..."
7. Elements of Analytic Geometry by Alexander Ziwet, Louis Allen Hopkins (1916)
"U. The Reaumur thermometer is graduated so that water freezes at 0° and boils at
80°- Draw the line that represente the reading В of the Reaumur thermometer ..."
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