An Attempt to Make a Thermometer for Measuring the Higher Degrees of Heat, From a Red Heat up to the Strongest That Vessels Made of Clay Can Support.

Josiah Wedgwood; Joseph Banks

Published by Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society, 1782

Condition: Very Good Hardcover

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From the Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society, 1782: PAGES 305-326. Modern maroon leather, gilt title to front board. Fine binding and cover. Josiah Wedgwood was an English potter who founded the Wedgwood company and is credited with the industrialization of the manufacture of pottery. Wedgwood invented the first pyrometer to measure the temperature in his kilns. He compared the color of clay fired at known temperatures, and the shrinkage of pieces of clay. For his efforts he was elected a member of the Royal Society. History of ceramics. Seller Inventory # 1411190045

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Title: An Attempt to Make a Thermometer for ...

Publisher: Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society

Publication Date: 1782

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

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