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thermoscope
thermoscope (ˈθɜːməskəʊp) [ad. mod.L. thermoscopium (Bianconi, 1617): see thermo- and -scope. Cf. F. thermoscope.] An instrument for indicating changes of temperature, of which there are various forms. a. An early name for the thermometer, esp. in its earlier forms. b. Count Rumford's name for a dif...
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Thermoscope
In the 17th century Galileo mentioned to his friend Cesare Marsili that he invented a thermoscope as far back as 1606. What is certain is that the thermoscope had started circulating in market squares during Galileo's time.
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thermoscopic
thermoscopic, a. (θɜːməʊˈskɒpɪk) [f. prec. + -ic.] Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a thermoscope.1730 Phil. Trans. XXXVI. 254 The Severity of the Weather did not cease;..the Spirit of Wine, in the English Thermometer, in a Morning always stood at, or under the 80th Deg. of the Thermoscopick S...
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PDF AC and Refrigeration chronology - ASHRAE
1631. Mid 17th Century. 1657. 1662. 1665. 1685 Philon of Byzantium invented an apparatus for measuring temperature. Doctor, Blas Villafranca, mentioned process for cooling wine and water by adding potassium nitrate. Galileo's 'air thermoscope'. Francis Bacon gave several formulae for refrigeration mixtures.
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Galileo thermometer
(Galileo did invent a thermometer called Galileo's air thermometer, more accurately called a thermoscope, in or before 1603.)
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Galileo Galilei - World History Encyclopedia
Sep 5, 2023Galileo even invented a pair of binoculars, but the idea did not catch on. Other gadgets Galileo invented early versions of include the thermometer (actually a thermoscope), a hydrostatic balance, and a compass (what we today would call a military compass or sector). It was the telescope, though, which revolutionised thought in the 17th century.
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Timeline of temperature and pressure measurement technology
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1500s
1592–1593 — Galileo Galilei builds a device showing variation of hotness known as the thermoscope using the contraction of air to draw tube.
1600s
1612 — Santorio Sanctorius makes the first thermometer for medical use.
1617 — Giuseppe Biancani published the first clear diagram of a thermoscope
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thermometer
thermometer (θəˈmɒmɪtə(r)) Also 7 -tre. [mod. f. Gr. θέρµ-η heat, θερµό-ς hot + µέτρον measure: see -meter. In F. thermomètre (1624). The name thermoscopium appears somewhat earlier: see thermoscope.] An instrument for measuring temperature (see temperature 7) by means of a substance whose expansion...
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thermo-multiplier
ˌthermo-ˈmultiplier [f. thermo- + multiplier 4.] Early name for a thermopile: so called in reference to the multiplying effect of the numerous cells in the battery.1835 Faraday tr. Melloni in Philos. Mag. VII. 475 In order to experiment under these circumstances, it is clearly necessary to employ an...
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John Spurgin
He developed a thermoscope for taking the temperature of the body. He also worked on mining equipment with Percival Norton Johnson.
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Jean Leurechon
The 1624 book also contained the first use of the word "thermometer", replacing an earlier word "thermoscope" for the same device.
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Le Bugue
Jean Rey also invented the "Thermoscope", the forerunner of the modern thermometer.
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Meteorological instrumentation
In 1607, Galileo Galilei constructs a thermoscope. In 1643, Evangelista Torricelli invents the mercury barometer.
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Low-temperature technology timeline
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1593 – Galileo Galilei builds a first modern thermoscope. -1613 – Francesco Sagredo or Santorio Santorio, put a numerical scale on a thermoscope.
1617 – Giuseppe Biancani publishes first clear diagram of thermoscope
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Benjamin Dearborn
balance, spring scale, grist mill, candlestick, ballot box, perspective drawing machine, letter-press, "musical board for the instruction of the blind," thermoscope
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