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    A hygrometer is an instrument which measures the humidity of air or some other gas: that is, how much water vapor it contains. Humidity measurement instruments...
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  • sea surface temperature Barometer for measuring atmospheric pressure Hygrometer for measuring humidity Anemometer for measuring wind speed Pyranometer...
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    common, while cigar shops may have walk-in humidors. Many humidors use hygrometers to monitor their humidity levels. When used and maintained properly,...
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    accurate measurement include the gravimetric hygrometer, chilled mirror hygrometer, and electrolytic hygrometer. The gravimetric method, while the most accurate...
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    being the horizontal axis of a psychrometric chart. Psychrometric chart Hygrometer Atmospheric thermodynamics ISO. "ISO 7726:2001. Ergonomics of the thermal...
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  • [citation needed] Goldbeater's skin is used as the sensitive element in hygrometers, since its hygroscopic behavior includes contraction or expansion in...
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    A thermometer in a sauna is typically used to measure temperature; a hygrometer can be used to measure levels of humidity or steam. Infrared therapy is...
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    at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, at 3:00 p.m. on 8 July 2003. Devices called hygrometers are used to measure dew point over a wide range of temperatures. These...
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    devised a whalebone hygrometer which sparked a bitter controversy with Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, himself inventor of a hair hygrometer. He gave the first...
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    A wet-and-dry hygrometer featuring a wet-bulb thermometer...
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    resistive electrolytic, a capacitance or a dew point hygrometer. Resistive electrolytic hygrometers use a sensing element in the form of a liquid electrolyte...
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    in the mid-20th century were the rain gauge, the anemometer, and the hygrometer. The 17th century saw the development of the barometer and the Galileo...
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    making a history of the weather. (Hooke specifies that a thermometer, a hygrometer, a wind gauge and a record sheet be used for proper weather records.)...
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    developed a bifilar-hygrometer which was widely used but did not prove in laymen's hands. After that Lambrecht built a hair hygrometer, "Model Klinkerfues"...
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    various levels of the atmosphere and oceans. Aircraft use thermometers and hygrometers to determine if atmospheric icing conditions exist along their flight...
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  • Hygrometer to provide traceability for European humidity laboratories against the Two Pressure Humidity Generator and Primary Gravimetric Hygrometer operated...
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    the predecessor of the current Celsius scale. In 1783, the first hair hygrometer was demonstrated by Horace-Bénédict de Saussure. In 1802–1803, Luke Howard...
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    The Weather friar (Catalan language, Frare del temps), is an absorption hygrometer created by Agapito Borràs Pedemonte in 1894. Borràs a native of Calella...
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    additional sensors such as thermometer for measuring ambient temperature, hygrometer for humidity, and a sensor for ultraviolet ray measurement. A few smartphones...
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    instruments that may include thermometers (ordinary, maximum/minimum), a hygrometer, a psychrometer, a dewcell, a barometer, and a thermograph. Stevenson...
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    chloride is used as a relative humidity standard in the calibration of hygrometers. At 25 °C (77 °F) a saturated solution (45.8%) of the salt will yield...
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    anemometer and the mountain eudiometer. Of particular importance was a hair hygrometer that he devised and used for a series of investigations on atmospheric...
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    designed to measure heat stress, which seldom occurs below that threshold). Hygrometer "Prevention » Heat Hazard Recognition". Occupational Safety and Health...
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    umbrella) comes out to indicate rain. In fact, a weather house functions as a hygrometer embellished by folk art. The male and female figures ride on a balance...
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    the cedar lining the better. Many humidors contain an analog or digital hygrometer to aid in maintaining a desired humidity level. There are three types...
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    sea surface temperature Barometer for measuring atmospheric pressure Hygrometer for measuring humidity Anemometer for measuring wind speed Pyranometer...
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    Duke Ferdinado was obsessed with new technology, and had a variety of hygrometers, barometers, thermometers, and telescopes installed in the Palazzo Pitti...
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    instruments created at Kew included an improved version of Regnault's aspirated hygrometer that was employed for many years; an early meteorological kite; and the...
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    equilibrium Measures and instruments Heat index Sat. vap. density Mixing ratio Water activity H. indicator card Hygrometer Dry/Wet-bulb temperature v t e...
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    Hygrometer showing low humidity during a Santa Ana wind event...
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