Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814, American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Boston · leaf 372
nducting power was determined.The space between the disk and the cork-stopper g, wasfilled with eider-down. Between the inside of the brass tube and the lowerpart of the bulb of the thermometer are seen thewooden pins which served to confine the thermometerin its place. Fig. 2. This is an… … PLATE II.
