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THE success of many industrial operations depends upon the steady maintenance or proper variation of certain temperatures, and it is often of the highest importance that the person in charge of these operations should be able readily to ascertain by means of the thermometer if the workmen are performing their duties correctly. It sometimes happens that thermometers have to be placed in positions which are difficult of access, or removed some distance from the centre of the manufactory, and that considerable time has to be expended in visiting the different stations. It was in order to meet the requirements of such a case as this that the electro-thermometric apparatus here described was constructed.
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BROWN, H. An Electrical Thermometer for Determining Temperatures at a Distance . Nature 23, 464–466 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/023464b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/023464b0