Do termoscópio ao termômetro digital: quatro séculos de termometria

This work describes the evolution of temperature measurement in the last four centuries using thermometers based on the thermal expansion of liquids such as ethyl alcohol and mercury. The concept of temperature was strongly dependent on the researcher and there was no systematic temperature scale fo...

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Main Authors: Denise Prazeres Lopes Pires, Júlio Carlos Afonso, Francisco Artur Braun Chaves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2006-12-01
Series:Química Nova
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422006000600041&lng=en&tlng=en