I SHALL feel greatly obliged if any reader of NATURE can inform me what scale the thermometer referred to in the following extracts was made to:—“7 Feb., 1775. This day the thermometer was ...

IN NATURE of September 7, p. 365, Dr. N. V. Nordenmark is credited with the remark ” that the thermometer of Anders Celsius used the scale of de l'Isle, the freezing point being at 100°, the ...

When I’m asked about essential kitchen tools, I tend to jump straight into the big-ticket items used to actually prepare the food — a Dutch oven, blender, instant-read thermometer, scale, food ...