The new imperial encyclopaedia, or, Dictionary of the sciences and arts : comprehending also the whole circle of miscellaneous literature ... . the 0 at freezing, and the 80th degree atthe boiling-point. Fahrenheit divides it into ISO degrees or equalparts, but he places the 0 thirty-two degrees below the freezing-point D ; so that the freezing-point is at 33, and the boiling-pointE is at 212 degrees. Other persons have adopted other divisions,which have been suggested by supposed advantages or fancifulideas. Most of those graduations are at present out of use, butthey are to be met with in va
The new imperial encyclopaedia, or, Dictionary of the sciences and arts : comprehending also the whole circle of miscellaneous literature ... . the 0 at freezing, and the 80th degree atthe boiling-point. Fahrenheit divides it into ISO degrees or equalparts, but he places the 0 thirty-two degrees below the freezing-point D ; so that the freezing-point is at 33, and the boiling-pointE is at 212 degrees. Other persons have adopted other divisions,which have been suggested by supposed advantages or fancifulideas. Most of those graduations are at present out of use, butthey are to be met with in various, not very recent, publications ;wehave therefore thought it necessai-y to set them down in thefollowing table, which contains; 1st, The name of the person orsociety that has used each particular division: 2dly, The degreewhich has been placed, by each of them, against the freezing-point; 3dly, The degree which has been placed against the boil-ing-point; and, 4lhly, The number of degrees lying bctwwathose two pointij. , 6 Fahrenheits, THJEJRM OMJE TJEJRS,// I wo I -4iHt- ??f«- ueomo mo :£ (i) ® ® m) CK CXF a Sj u -<»-. g^ hiJ,iiTu: i THE 731 THE
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