tasimeter
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Etymology
Origin of tasimeter
C19 tasi-, from Greek tasis tension + -meter
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Edison brought one of his devices, a tasimeter, to measure minute shifts in heat from the Sun's corona during the eclipse.
From Nature ● May 23, 2017
The lure of 1878 was the opportunity to try the ability of his delicate tasimeter during the total eclipse of the sun, July 29.
From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer
Edison had tested his tasimeter, and was satisfied that it would measure down to the millionth part of a degree Fahrenheit.
From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer
The second includes devices like the tasimeter, phonomotor, odoroscope, etc., and others now to be noted.
From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer
Experiments with Edison's tasimeter seemed to show that the corona radiates a sensible amount of heat.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke
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