Chang, Hasok
Lecturer in the Department of Science and Technology Studies, University College London
Print publication date: 2004 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online:
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-517127-3
doi:10.1093/0195171276.003.0001
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online:
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-517127-3
doi:10.1093/0195171276.003.0001
1. Keeping the Fixed Points FixedNarrative: What to Do When Water Refuses to Boil at the Boiling Point
This chapter draws attention to the challenges faced by the early scientists in establishing the fixed points of thermometry such as the boiling and freezing points of water. It provides a historical account of the difficulties in establishing the boiling point of water. It then discusses the meaning and achievement of fixity.
Keywords: fixed points, boiling point, freezing point
Keywords: fixed points, boiling point, freezing point
doi:10.1093/0195171276.003.0001
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