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Thermometrical, Thermometric adj.

Of or pertaining to a thermometer; as, the thermometrical scale or tube.

Made, or ascertained, by means of a thermometer; as, thermometrical observations.

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Etymology of 'Thermometrical'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Thermometrical" Quotes from Famous Books

... moon, or her rising or setting, as compared with the Nautical Almanac. The rest of my work, besides sketching and keeping a diary, which was the most troublesome of all, consisted in making geological and zoological collections. With Captain Grant rested the botanical collections and thermometrical registers. He also boiled one of the thermometers, kept the rain-gauge, and undertook the photography; but after a time I sent the instruments back, considering this work too severe for the climate, ...

— The Discovery of the Source of the Nile • John Hanning Speke

... diverted or perturbed, he sought and gained the discerning spirit and the power of appreciation which make not a book but a man. He annotated the volumes that he read with judgment; he kept botanical calendars and thermometrical registers; he had a lively curiosity all round; and, in Gray's own words, he deemed it a sufficient object of his studies to know, wherever he was, what lay within reach that was worth seeing—whether building, ruin, park, garden, prospect, picture, or monument—to ...

— Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) - Essay 5: On Pattison's Memoirs • John Morley