单词 | aethrioscope |
释义 | aethrioscopeethrioscopen. Now rare. A kind of differential thermometer for measuring temperature variations caused by changes in atmospheric conditions, e.g. when clear or cloudy. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > measurement of temperature > [noun] > instrument thermometer1633 thermoscope1656 therm1791 aethrioscope1818 1818 J. Leslie in Trans. Royal Soc. Edinb. 8 486 The æthrioscope might be reduced to a smaller and more compact form. 1820 London Jrnl. Arts & Sci. 1 152 Mr. Brande has constructed..a Photometer and an Ethrioscope. 1832 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) II. iv. 44 The Æthrioscope of Leslie is another modification of the differential thermometer. 1850 Trans. Bombay Geogr. Soc. 1849–50 9 226 As to the ethrioscope, it did not give..any sign of radiation of heat across the atmosphere. 1924 Notices Proc. Royal Inst. Great Brit. 23 412 The instrument so employed Leslie termed an aethrioscope. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1818 |
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