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Jul 27, 2012 · A Galilean thermometer (Figure 1 ), (1) named after the famous Italian physicist Galileo Galilei (1564–1642), can be bought from various companies making scientific instruments. It consists of a sealed glass cylinder containing a clear liquid and suspended in this liquid are a number of small glass spheres, called floaters, each containing ...
5 days ago · Galileo Galilei did invent an air thermometer, better known as a thermoscope, around 1603, but it was not this one. What we call today the Galileo thermometer was, in fact, invented by a group of academicians and technicians known as the Accademia del Cimento of Florence.
Our distinctive ornamental (but functional) thermometers utilise 17th century astronomer Galileo Galilei's discovery that the density of liquids varies with temperature. Carefully weighted glass globes are suspended in a liquid-filled tube, where they sedately sink or float as the surrounding air gets hotter or colder.
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Galileo-Thermometer. Das Galileo-Thermometer (auch Galilei-Thermometer genannt) ist ein Thermometer, das aus einem Glaszylinder besteht und mit Flüssigkeit und Auftriebskörpern gefüllt ist. Es wurde nach dem Physiker Galileo Galilei benannt, der das Prinzip entdeckte, dass sich die Dichte von Flüssigkeiten mit der Temperatur ändert.
Instrument to measure heat and cold invented by Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) during his stay in Padua. Santorio Santorio (1561-1636) made a similar instrument in Venice in 1612. A precursor of the modern thermometer, the thermoscope consists of a glass vessel with a long neck.
Mar 4, 2005 · Galileo Galilei. Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) has always played a key role in any history of science, as well as many histories of philosophy. He is a—if not the —central figure of the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century. His work in physics (or “natural philosophy”), astronomy, and the methodology of science still evoke ...
