FAHRENHEIT, DANIEL [GABRIEL]. Experimenta circa gradum caloris liquorum nonnullorum ebullientium instituta. In: Philosophical Transactions. Engraved folding plate. [London, 1724]. -- [WITH]: Houstoun, Robert. An account of a dropsy in the left ovary... 2 works in 1 volume, 4to, modern quarter morocco; light browning and soiling, slight foxing. FIRST EDITION. PMM 182.

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FAHRENHEIT, DANIEL [GABRIEL]. Experimenta circa gradum caloris liquorum nonnullorum ebullientium instituta. In: Philosophical Transactions. Engraved folding plate. [London, 1724]. -- [WITH]: Houstoun, Robert. An account of a dropsy in the left ovary... 2 works in 1 volume, 4to, modern quarter morocco; light browning and soiling, slight foxing. FIRST EDITION. PMM 182.

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"With his 'Experiments concerning the Degrees of Heat' Fahrenheit perfected the modern instrument, his principal innovation being a 'fixed point' of departure, namely the temperature to which water can be cooled when mixed with ice and salt." -- PMM 182.

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