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Definition of Hygrometers
1. hygrometer [n] - See also: hygrometer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hygrometers
Literary usage of Hygrometers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of Physics, Or Natural Philosophy: Designed for the Use of by Benjamin Silliman (1871)
"hygrometers are instruments by which the humidity of the atmosphere is determined.
They are of various kinds, and may be classified as follows:—chemical ..."
2. Meteorology, Practical and Applied by Sir John William Moore (1894)
"All direct hygrometers experimentally illustrate the theory or principle of the
dew point—that critical temperature at which dew begins to be deposited. ..."
3. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"Errors of Absorption hygrometers. Mr. SP Fergusson has made a comparison with
several forms of absorption hygrometers, ..."
4. First Principles of Physics: Or Natural Philosophy, Designed for the Use of by Benjamin Silliman (1859)
"hygrometers are instruments by which the humidity of the atmosphere is determined.
They are of various kinds, and may be classified as follows : chemical ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1861)
"Results of Self-registering hygrometers. By E. VIVIAN, MA, Torquay. Mr.
Vivian reported to this Section a series of observations made with his new ..."
6. The Theory of Heat by Thomas Preston (1894)
"Dew-Point hygrometers.—All dew-point hygrometers are merely instruments for
determining the dew-point, and depend in construction, on some method of cooling ..."
7. The Theory of Heat by Thomas Preston (1894)
"... the maximum pressure F at the temperature of the air. 200. Dew-Point hygrometers.
— All dew-point hygrometers are merely instruments for determining the ..."
8. Elements of Chemistry by Thomas Graham (1842)
"hygrometers. after frost, thick stone walls which continue to retain their low
... or hygrometers. 1st Many solid substances swell on imbibing moisture, ..."
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