On the graduation of the thermometers supplied from the Kew Observatory for the use of the arctic searching expedition under Sir Edward Belcher

These instruments were twelve in number, seven mercurial and five spirit thermometers, graduated for low temperatures. The processes adopted for the two kinds of instruments being different, I shall describe them separately. I. Mercurial Thermometers.—These were divided into degrees of Fahrenheit’s...

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Published: The Royal Society 1854
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spelling crroyalsociety:10.1098/rspl.1850.0067 2024-06-02T08:01:49+00:00 On the graduation of the thermometers supplied from the Kew Observatory for the use of the arctic searching expedition under Sir Edward Belcher 1854 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1850.0067 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspl.1850.0067 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Abstracts of the Papers Communicated to the Royal Society of London volume 6, page 183-188 ISSN 0365-0855 2053-9134 journal-article 1854 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1850.0067 2024-05-07T14:16:25Z These instruments were twelve in number, seven mercurial and five spirit thermometers, graduated for low temperatures. The processes adopted for the two kinds of instruments being different, I shall describe them separately. I. Mercurial Thermometers.—These were divided into degrees of Fahrenheit’s scale in the following manner:—The tube was first calibrated in the way already described in my former report on the construction of thermometers (dated March 22); marks being made on the tube at each extremity of the calibrated space. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic The Royal Society Arctic Belcher ENVELOPE(-94.172,-94.172,57.936,57.936) Abstracts of the Papers Communicated to the Royal Society of London 6 183 188
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description These instruments were twelve in number, seven mercurial and five spirit thermometers, graduated for low temperatures. The processes adopted for the two kinds of instruments being different, I shall describe them separately. I. Mercurial Thermometers.—These were divided into degrees of Fahrenheit’s scale in the following manner:—The tube was first calibrated in the way already described in my former report on the construction of thermometers (dated March 22); marks being made on the tube at each extremity of the calibrated space.
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