A thermometrical table on the scales of Fahrenheit, centigrade and Reamur : comprising the most remarkable phenomena connected with temperature, in relation to climatology, physical geography, chemistry, and physiology / by Alfred S. Taylor.

Date:
1845
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Credit: A thermometrical table on the scales of Fahrenheit, centigrade and Reamur : comprising the most remarkable phenomena connected with temperature, in relation to climatology, physical geography, chemistry, and physiology / by Alfred S. Taylor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    solutions of numerous salts, and the melting points of a large number of alloys. 2. The temperature for fermentation of various kinds, malting, putrefaction, etherification, and other chemical processes. 3. The boiling points of alcohol and acids of vari- ous specific gravities, with the respective densities of the vapours. 4. The pressure or elastic force of the vapour of water, alcohol, oil of turpentine, and ether, at various temperatures. 5. The temperatures, with the corresponding pres- sures required for the liquefaction of the gases. 6. The temperature for the explosion and ignition of fulminating and combustible substances. Physiology. 1. The maximum degrees of natural and artificial heat, and minimum degrees of cold, borne by man and animals. 2. The temperature of the body in Man, Mammalia, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, and Insects. 3. The temperature at which hybernation takes place in certain animals. 4. The temperature for the germination of seeds, incubation, the artificial hatching of the ova of birds, fishes and insects. 5. The temperature for the growth of the Sugar