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Definition of Dry-bulb thermometer
1. Noun. An ordinary thermometer with a dry bulb; used to measure the air temperature.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dry-bulb Thermometer
Literary usage of Dry-bulb thermometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions by National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association, Institution of Public Health Engineers (Great Britain) (1890)
"Now, by rotating my wet and dry bulb thermometer in the open air, which they do
at the signal service in Boston, I find that the difference is very slight ..."
2. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1871)
"In taking an observation, the dry-bulb thermometer is first to be read, ...
< = temperature of surrounding air given by the dry-bulb thermometer. ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1865)
"In all cases the readings of the dry-bulb thermometer for the temperature of the
air and the temperature of the dew-point, as found from the dry- and ..."
4. Mechanical Equipment of Buildings: A Reference Book for Engineers and Architects by Louis Allen Harding, Arthur Cutts Willard (1917)
"2) consists of a wet bulb thermometer mounted adjacent t« a dry bulb thermometer
and so arranged that the entire mounting, which is about 15 inches in ..."
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