Wet-bulb temperature — The wet bulb temperature is a type of temperature measurement that reflects the physical properties of a system with a mixture of a gas and a vapor, usually air and water vapor. Wet bulb temperature can have several technical meanings:… … Wikipedia
Temperature measurement — using modern scientific thermometers and temperature scales goes back at least as far as the early 18th century, when Gabriel Fahrenheit adapted a thermometer (switching to mercury) and a scale both developed by Ole Christensen Røemer. Fahrenheit … Wikipedia
Horse care — There are many aspects to horse care. Horses, ponies, mules, donkeys and other domesticated equidae require attention from humans for optimal health and long life.Living environmentWorldwide, horses and other equids usually live outside with… … Wikipedia
psychrometer — psychrometric /suy kreuh me trik/, psychrometrical, adj. /suy krom i teuhr/, n. an instrument for determining atmospheric humidity by the reading of two thermometers, the bulb of one being kept moist and ventilated. [1720 30; PSYCHRO + METER] * * … Universalium
sling psychrometer — noun Etymology: sling (III) : a psychrometer that can be whirled in the air until the reading of the wet bulb thermometer reaches a constant value * * * a psychrometer so designed that the wet bulb thermometer can be ventilated, to expedite… … Useful english dictionary
Silver fulminate — Chembox new ImageFile = Silver fulminate.png ImageSize = IUPACName = OtherNames = Section1 = Chembox Identifiers CASNo = 5610 59 3 PubChem = 62585 SMILES = Section2 = Chembox Properties Formula = AgCNO MolarMass = 149.885 g mol−1 Appearance =… … Wikipedia
Bulk tank — In dairy farming a bulk milk cooling tank is a large storage tank for cooling and holding milk at a cold temperature until it can be picked up by a milk hauler. The bulk milk cooling tank is an important piece of dairy farm equipment. It is… … Wikipedia
beer — /bear/, n. 1. an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste. 2. any of various beverages, whether alcoholic or not, made from roots,… … Universalium
Beer — /bear/, n. Thomas, 1889 1940, U.S. author. * * * I Alcoholic beverage made usually from malted barley, flavoured with hops, and brewed by slow fermentation. Known from ancient times, beer was especially common in northern climates not conducive… … Universalium
climate — /kluy mit/, n. 1. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. 2. a region or… … Universalium
sling psychrometer — a psychrometer so designed that the wet bulb thermometer can be ventilated, to expedite evaporation, by whirling in the air. * * * … Universalium