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
barometer
Term: barometer
Literally meaning: ? measure of weight?
Origin: Anc Greek
?????/varys (=heavy)
??????/metron (= measure)
Coined/History
The first barometer was invented by Talian mathemathecian and physicist Evangelista Toriricelli (1608-1647) in 1644 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 fluidless barometer known today as ?aneroid barometer?.
Definition
Barometer is a scientific instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure. A barometer is different from manometer as the later is using for measuring pressure of a gas in a container. Barometer is very useful for weather prediction.
- 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...