Temperature measurement

Thermometry (Greek thermos = hot, warm and metron = measure ) is the science of temperature measurement. Used the term thermometry and thermometric primarily in metrology, less in physics.

With the thermometry, a number of researchers have addressed:

  • Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
  • Jean Rey (1583-1645)
  • Robert Hooke (1635-1703)
  • Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit (1686-1736)
  • René Antoine de Reaumur Ferchault (1683-1757)
  • Anders Celsius (1701-1744)
  • Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)
  • Lord Kelvin (1824-1907)

See also:

  • Temperature, Meter, Category: Temperature measurement (see below ), heat
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