REAUMUR

Reaumur, Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur

(noun) French physicist who invented the alcohol thermometer (1683-1757)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

RĂ©`au`mur", a.

Definition: Of or pertaining to René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur; conformed to the scale adopted by Réaumur in graduating the thermometer he invented.

– n.

Definition: A RĂ©aumur thermometer or scale.

Note: The RĂ©aumur thermometer is so graduated that 0Âș marks the freezing point and 80Âș the boiling point of water. Frequently indicated by R. Cf. Centigrade, and Fahrenheit. See Illust. of Thermometer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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