Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
THERMOSCOPE
Etymology
Noun
thermoscope (plural thermoscopes)
A scientific instrument that measures changes in temperature.
Source: Wiktionary
Ther"mo*scope, n. Etym: [Thermo- + -scope.] (Physics)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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