Biology
- Pyrometer
Term: pyrometer Literally meaning: ?meausure of fire? Origin: Anc Greek???/pyr(=fire, redish) +??????/metron (=meausure) Coined/HistoryThe first pyrometer was invented by English potter Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) in order to measure the temprature inside...
- Thermoscope
Term: thermoscope Literally meaning: ?that which observes the temprature?Origin: Anc Greek??????/thermos(=warm) >????/thero(=to warm, to heat)+ ??????/scopeo(=aim, look at, observe) Coined/HistoryThe Italian physicist and astromer Galileo Galilei...
- Manometer
Term: manometerLiterally meaning: ? measure of rarity?Origin: Anc Greek?????/manos(=thin, rare, sparce)??????/metron (=meausure)Coined/HistoryIn November 0f 1704 the French Mathematician Pierre Varignon (1654-1722), described a new instrument for measuring...
- Sphygnomanometer Or Sphygometer
Term: sphygnomanometer or sphygometerLiterally meaning: ?measure of rare pulse? Origin: Anc Greek???????/sphygmos(=pulse) >?????/sphysso(=to throb)?????/manos(=thin, loose, rare)??????/metron (= measure)Coined/HistoryThe first crude clinical...
- Thermometer
Term: thermometerLiterally meaning: "heat meausure"Origin: Anc Greek??????/thermos(=warm) >????/thero(=to warm)??????/metron (=meausure)Coined/HistoryThe first crude clinical thermometer was invented by Italian Santorio Santorio who put a numerical...
Biology
aneroid barometer
Term: aneroid barometer
Literally meaning: ?meausure of weight?
Origin: Anc Greek
?????/varys (=heavy)
??????/metron (=meausure)
Coined/History
The first barometer was invented in 1644, by Talian mathematician and physicist Evangelista Toriricelli (1608-1647) and was known as the ?Torriceli tube?. However some reports attribute its invention to Italian scientist Gasparo Berti in the early 1640s. Torriceli?s barometer contained mercury as it had been suggested by Torriceli?s friend Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). A water barometer was created later as there some written records around 1700. In 1843 Lucien Vidie invented the first fluid-less barometer known today as ?aneroid barometer?.
Definition
Anaeroid barometer is a scientific instrument for measuring variations on atmospheric pressure by change in the shape of an evacuated metal cell made usually by phosphor bronze or beryllium copper.
- Pyrometer
Term: pyrometer Literally meaning: ?meausure of fire? Origin: Anc Greek???/pyr(=fire, redish) +??????/metron (=meausure) Coined/HistoryThe first pyrometer was invented by English potter Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) in order to measure the temprature inside...
- Thermoscope
Term: thermoscope Literally meaning: ?that which observes the temprature?Origin: Anc Greek??????/thermos(=warm) >????/thero(=to warm, to heat)+ ??????/scopeo(=aim, look at, observe) Coined/HistoryThe Italian physicist and astromer Galileo Galilei...
- Manometer
Term: manometerLiterally meaning: ? measure of rarity?Origin: Anc Greek?????/manos(=thin, rare, sparce)??????/metron (=meausure)Coined/HistoryIn November 0f 1704 the French Mathematician Pierre Varignon (1654-1722), described a new instrument for measuring...
- Sphygnomanometer Or Sphygometer
Term: sphygnomanometer or sphygometerLiterally meaning: ?measure of rare pulse? Origin: Anc Greek???????/sphygmos(=pulse) >?????/sphysso(=to throb)?????/manos(=thin, loose, rare)??????/metron (= measure)Coined/HistoryThe first crude clinical...
- Thermometer
Term: thermometerLiterally meaning: "heat meausure"Origin: Anc Greek??????/thermos(=warm) >????/thero(=to warm)??????/metron (=meausure)Coined/HistoryThe first crude clinical thermometer was invented by Italian Santorio Santorio who put a numerical...