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thermoscope

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Ther´mo`scope
n.1.(Physics) An instrument for indicating changes of temperature without indicating the degree of heat by which it is affected; especially, an instrument contrived by Count Rumford which, as modified by Professor Leslie, was afterward called the differential thermometer.

thermoscope
a device for giving an approximation of the temperature change of a substance by noting the accompanying change in its volume. — thermoscopic, adj.
See also: Heat

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