[PW] Re: Bios of Thermometric Pioneers

[Charles Early]

Wikipedia has biographical entries for each of these scientists, with links 
to additional information sources.
One of these sources, the 1911 edition of the Britannica, is available 
online (http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/)
and also has articles on each of them.

The book _Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, 
Anders Celsius_ by
Horst Kant (Teubner, 1984) should be very useful, but it may be difficult 
to obtain.

The AIP Institute for the History of Physics 
(http://aip.org/history/)  should have some useful resources.
Unfortunately, their library catalog seems to be down at the moment.

Among the websites with biographical information are:
Celsius:  http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/persons/pers_c.html
Rankine: 
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Rankine.html
Reaumur: http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Reaumur.html

At 07:52 AM 5/10/2006, you wrote:
>Gentlefolk,
>
>I am taking the liberty of relaying this request from the history of
>instruments list, RETE in the sure belief that W*mbatia is the only
>home of the best in library information of the kind he desires.
>
>Sincerely
>
>Brian W
>
>*******************************************
>Dear RETE - Members ;
>
>Receive a cordial salute.
>
>I am interested to get biographical information about some of the pioneers
>in the history of thermometric scales. Although I have  Knowles
>Middleton's book "A History of the thermometer" I would like to have more
>information.
>
>If some Member of the list can suggest me books or related articles for
>each one of the following names Fahrenheit, Rankine, Celsius and Reaumur,
>I would be very grateful. I would be far more interested in getting sources
>that it is possible to get at present, because for very old
>references it is almost impossible, at least for myself,  to get them.
>
>I appreciate all the collaboration the Members can supply me.
>
>Best wishes ;
>
>SIMON REIF-ACHERMAN
>Professor
>
>e-mail  :  sireache at univalle.edu.co
>
>
>
>
>Brian Whatcott    Altus OK    Eureka!
>
>
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