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From the thermoscope to the thermometer
The invention of the thermoscope has been attributed to Galileo, Santorio Santorio, Robert Fludd, and Cornelius Drebbel. The instrument displayed the variations in air density produced by the changes in temperature. With the increasing adoption of graduated scales, the thermoscope was transformed into [...]
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Galileo
- Meteorology
- Meteorology
Type of item
- Multimedia
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Galileo
- Meteorology
- Meteorology
Type of item
- Multimedia
Providing institution
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Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- 2010
- 2010
Identifier
- urn:imss:multimedia:500006
Extent
- 77 sec.
Format
- video/flv
Language
- eng
- ita
Is referenced by
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/object/AlcoholThermometer.html
Year
- 2010
Providing country
- Italy