 | John Murray - 1801 - Liczba stron: 362
...the ufc of which has been lately eftablifhed in France, has a fcale in which the range of temperature between the freezing and boiling points of water is divided into 100 degrees. In order that the thermometer might be employed with certainty as an mftrument for meafuring... | |
 | 1834 - Liczba stron: 536
...parts, as may be thought convenient. In Fahrenheit's thermometer, which is commonly used in England, the space between the freezing and boiling points of water is divided into 180 equal parts : the freezing point being 32 degrees, and the boiling point 212 degrees. In Reaumur's... | |
 | John Johnston - 1843 - Liczba stron: 586
...scales are in use. In Fahrenheit's thermometer, which is chiefly used in this country and in England, the space between the freezing and boiling points of water is divided into 180 parts, and the zero is placed 32 degrees below the freezing point, so that the boiling point is... | |
 | John Johnston - 1846 - Liczba stron: 496
...scales are in use. In Fahrenheit's thermometer, which is chiefly used in this country and in England, the space between the freezing and boiling points of water is divided into 180 parts, and the zero is placed 32 degrees below the freezing point, so that the boiling point is... | |
 | John Lee COMSTOCK (and HOBLYN (Richard Dennis)), John Lee COMSTOCK - 1846 - Liczba stron: 506
...unchangeable points. In Fahrenheit's thermometer, which is employed in this country, the intermediate space between the freezing and boiling points of water is divided into 180 parts or degrees, the freezing being marked 32°, and the boiling 212". This scale was adopted... | |
 | John Lee Comstock, Richard Dennis Hoblyn - 1846 - Liczba stron: 154
...unchangeable points. 33. In Fahrenheit's thermometer, which is employed in this country, the intermediate space between the freezing and boiling points of water is divided into 180 parts or degrees, the freezing being marked 32° and the boiling 212°. This scale was adopted... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1856 - Liczba stron: 866
...water is 32J, and that its boiling-point is 212'. In the thermometer chiefly used on the continent, the space between the freezing and boiling points of water is divided into 100 equal parts, and the graduation begins at the freezing-point, which is marked 0°, or zero. According to this thermometer,... | |
 | David Thomas Ansted - 1856 - Liczba stron: 654
...water is 212°. This is the scale commonly used in England. 2. The Centigrade or Celsius scale, where the space between the freezing and boiling points of water is divided into 100°, and the zero point is the freezing point of water ; and, 3. The Beaumur scale, where the zero is the... | |
 | Natural philosophy - 1857 - Liczba stron: 80
...water is 32°, and that its boiling-point is 212°. In the thermometer chiefly used on the continent, the space between the freezing and boiling points of water is divided into 100 equal parts, and the graduation begins at the freezing-point, which is marked 0°, or zero. According to this thermometer,... | |
 | John Lyle Campbell - 1859 - Liczba stron: 448
...scales are in use. In Fahrenheit's thermometer, which is chiefly used in this country and in England, the space between the freezing and boiling points of water is divided into 180 parts, and the zero is placed 32 degrees below the freezing point, so that the boiling point is... | |
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In this the space between the freezing and boiling points of water is divided into 100 equal parts or degrees, the zero being at freezing and the boiling-point marked 100°. 
