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Definition of Reaumur
1. Noun. French physicist who invented the alcohol thermometer (1683-1757).
Definition of Reaumur
1. Noun. a temperature scale in which the boiling point of water is 80 degrees and its freezing point is 0 degrees. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reaumur
Literary usage of Reaumur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1809)
"... make 4° of Reaumur. ... other countries of the north ; that of Reaumur in
France and many parts of the continent. ..."
2. Elements of Fuel Oil and Steam Engineering: A Practical Treatise Dealing by Robert Sibley, Charles H. Delany (1918)
"A relationship between the Fahrenheit and Reaumur scales is similarly established.
9 .'. ... R — 23.1° Relationship of Centigrade and Reaumur Values. ..."
3. Evolution of the Thermometer, 1592-1743 by Henry Carrington Bolton (1900)
"Reaumur, who next sought to improve the thermometer, was one of the most popular
savants in ... Reaumur, like so many Frenchmen, completely ignored the ..."
4. Insect Architecture by James Rennie (1830)
"After having read this account," says Reaumur, " with sincere pleasure, I became
exceedingly desirous of seeing with my own eyes what the Italian naturalist ..."
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