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The rainfall is supposed to average 100 inches a year, and since thermometrical observations have been taken the mercury has varied from 68 degrees to 92 degrees.
From The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
I have given to our thermometrical observations the form of a chart, as affording the readiest view of the atmospherical changes which took place during our journey.
From Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales by John Oxley
To the - of the creditor may correspond a + of the debtor; but the latter is negative only in the sense that we speak of negative electricity, a negative thermometrical degree.
From Principles Of Political Economy by John J. (John Joseph) Lalor
This form of thermometer was constructed expressly to meet the requirements of scientific balloon ascents, to enable thermometrical readings to be taken at the precise elevation.
From A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility by Henry Negretti
Now, those who have attended to thermometrical observation will readily allow, that a continuance of this degree of heat for a length of time, would be found violent and suffocating by the generality of mankind.
