Thermometry

Thermometry ( ancient Greek θερμός thermós 'hot', 'warm' and μέτρον métron ' measure ') denotes the physical measurement of heat and the science of temperature measurement . The term thermometry or thermometric is used primarily in metrology . Clinical thermometry (fever measurement, metabolic examinations) found its way into medicine in the 18th century .

A number of scientists have studied thermometry:

• Galileo Galilei (1564–1642)
• Jean Rey (1583-1645)
• Robert Hooke (1635-1703)
• Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736)
• René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683–1757)
• Anders Celsius (1701–1744)
• Carl von Linné (1707–1778)
• Lord Kelvin (1824-1907)

See also:

• Temperature , measuring device , category: temperature measurement (see below), heat

literature

• Birgit Riedel: The history of thermometry . In: Birgit Riedel (Ed.): Between warm and cold. Reading book of thermodynamics . Blauer-Punkt-Verlag, Magdeburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-941117-90-7 , p. 10-86 .
• Volker Hess: Thermometry. In: Werner E. Gerabek u. a. (Ed.): Encyclopedia of medical history. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 1394.