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A New Method of Measuring Temperature

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THE recent publication of papers dealing principally with thermometry, by Mr. Griffiths, and by the Kew Standardising Bureau, has suggested to me that the publication of a new thermometric method which I have used for some years may be of use.

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FESSENDEN, R. A New Method of Measuring Temperature. Nature 53, 244–245 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/053244f0

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