Poetical chronology of inventions, discoveries [&c.] from the conquest - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853 Excerpt: ...victories and his voyage round the world, which he accomplished in a single ship in Z years. (He died 1762, aged 65.) Who was Reaumur? A French naturalist, who improved the thermometer and published a "History of Insects." (He died 1757, aged 74.) Who was Fahrenheit? A Prussian philosopher, who so greatly improved the thermometer, that his scale has become the standard in England. (He died 1736, aged 50.) What improvements did Fahrenheit introduce in the thermometer? He substituted mercury for spirits of wine, and introduced a new scale. Where did Fahrenheit fix his extreme points? He placed his zero (0) at the point of cold sufficient to freeze sal ammoniac, and boiling water is marked 212. Is Fahrenheit's 0 (zero) the common freezing point? No; it is 32 degrees below the common freezing-point; but the cold in Russia has been known to exceed Fahrenheit's extremity more than 40 degrees. How is Reaumur's scale graduated? Reaumur's thermometer begins the scale 32 deg. above Fahrenheit, viz. at the point when water freezes; and boiling water is marked 80. What thermometric scale is used in France? The Centigrade, which is a slight variation of Reaumur's scale. It fixes zero (0) at the point when water freezes, and boiling water is marked 100. Who invented thermometers? Thermometers were invented by Cornelius Van Drebbel, a Dntch chemist (1620). Who was the Rev. William Whiston? He was born in Leicestershire, and is well known as the translator of Josephus. (He died 17 52, aged 85.) Who was John Laurence Mosheim? f A German divine, well known by his " Ecclesiastical History," written in Latin, and translated into English by Dr. Maclaine. (1695--1755.) Who was Nathaniel Hooke? Hooke was the author of a "History of Rome," of whom lit...