thermoscope

/ ˌθɜːməˈskɒpɪk; ˈθɜːməˌskəʊp /

noun

1. a device that indicates a change in temperature, esp one that does not measure the actual temperature

Derived Forms

• thermoscopic, adjective
• ˌthermoˈscopically, adverb

Example Sentences

My Thermoscope, being fitted somewhat at adventures, I have found at the lowest to be somewhat more than 12.

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Try the experiment of concentrating on a thermoscope, by means of a burning-glass, the moon's rays.

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In order to determine the effect of radiation in the cooling of bodies, Rumford employed the thermoscope referred to by Cuvier.

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Torricelli's apparatus, unlike Galileo's thermoscope, represented the barometer in essentially its classical form.

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The instrument shown in his sketch resembles a Galilean thermoscope.

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