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THE adequate control of temperature is of fundamental importance in nearly all branches of science, and there are numerous applications in industrial and technical fields. Courses of study and text-books for students of physics, chemistry, engineering and metallurgy, invariably include, in the heat section, a discussion of the methods of temperature measurement ; but, in general, the treatment is too brief and inadequate. The practical difficulties inherent in all thermal measurements are very rarely appreciated, and insufficient regard is paid to the necessity of a correct choice of instrument and method for the temperature or temperature-difference measurement.
Methods of Measuring Temperature
By Dr. Ezer Griffiths. Third edition, revised and reset. Pp. x + 223. (London: Charles Griffin and Co., Ltd., 1947.) 20s. net.
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WEINTROUB, S. Methods of Measuring Temperature. Nature 161, 624–625 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161624b0
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