A Description of a metalline Thermometer, by Keane Fitzgerald
Read before the Royal Society on May 22, 1760, A Description of a metalline Thermometer; by Keane Fitzgerald, Esq; F.R.S. Communicated by the Right Hon. George Earl of Macclesfield, President of the Royal Society describes the analysis, experiments and design of a thermometer that is based on the thermal expansion of a metal, rather than water, alcohol or mercury, to provide a measure of the temperature.
The item is a First Edition, extracted and disbound from The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 51, For the Years 1759 & 1760, pages 823-833, with one extended plate. The pages, which measure approximately 6 ¼ x 8 ¾ inches, are tanned, but the text is clear and easily read. The overall condition of the item is good/very good. The illustrations accompanying this description show the first page of the paper and the extended plate showing a drawing of the new device.
Keane Fitzgerald (? – June 1782) was elected to Fellow of the Royal Society in 1756. [Wikipedia]
George Parker, 3rd Earl of Macclesfield FRS (12 October 1723 – 9 February 1795), styled Viscount Parker between 1732 and 1764, was a British peer and politician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in November 1747. [Wikipedia]
Read before the Royal Society on May 22, 1760, A Description of a metalline Thermometer; by Keane Fitzgerald, Esq; F.R.S. Communicated by the Right Hon. George Earl of Macclesfield, President of the Royal Society describes the analysis, experiments and design of a thermometer that is based on the thermal expansion of a metal, rather than water, alcohol or mercury, to provide a measure of the temperature.
The item is a First Edition, extracted and disbound from The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 51, For the Years 1759 & 1760, pages 823-833, with one extended plate. The pages, which measure approximately 6 ¼ x 8 ¾ inches, are tanned, but the text is clear and easily read. The overall condition of the item is good/very good. The illustrations accompanying this description show the first page of the paper and the extended plate showing a drawing of the new device.
Keane Fitzgerald (? – June 1782) was elected to Fellow of the Royal Society in 1756. [Wikipedia]
George Parker, 3rd Earl of Macclesfield FRS (12 October 1723 – 9 February 1795), styled Viscount Parker between 1732 and 1764, was a British peer and politician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in November 1747. [Wikipedia]
Read before the Royal Society on May 22, 1760, A Description of a metalline Thermometer; by Keane Fitzgerald, Esq; F.R.S. Communicated by the Right Hon. George Earl of Macclesfield, President of the Royal Society describes the analysis, experiments and design of a thermometer that is based on the thermal expansion of a metal, rather than water, alcohol or mercury, to provide a measure of the temperature.
The item is a First Edition, extracted and disbound from The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 51, For the Years 1759 & 1760, pages 823-833, with one extended plate. The pages, which measure approximately 6 ¼ x 8 ¾ inches, are tanned, but the text is clear and easily read. The overall condition of the item is good/very good. The illustrations accompanying this description show the first page of the paper and the extended plate showing a drawing of the new device.
Keane Fitzgerald (? – June 1782) was elected to Fellow of the Royal Society in 1756. [Wikipedia]
George Parker, 3rd Earl of Macclesfield FRS (12 October 1723 – 9 February 1795), styled Viscount Parker between 1732 and 1764, was a British peer and politician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in November 1747. [Wikipedia]