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Réaumur

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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French scientist, born in La Rochelle; made valuable researches and discoveries in the industrial arts as well as in natural history; is best known as the inventor of the thermometer that bears his name, which is graduated into 80 degrees from the temperature of melting ice to that of boiling water (1683-1757).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Réaumur'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​r/racaumur.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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