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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: January 2005 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-517127-3 doi:10.1093/0195171276.003.0004 |
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Narrative: The Quest for the Theoretical Meaning of Temperature
The precise measurement of temperature became possible by the middle of the 19th century. However, there were no theories of heat to direct the practice of thermometry in a useful way. This chapter discusses the difficulty of making a productive and convincing connection between thermometry and the theory of heat, and how such a connection was eventually made.
Keywords: temperature, thermometry, theory of heat,
doi:10.1093/0195171276.003.0004
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