Principles and Methods of Temperature Measurement - Thomas D. McGee, Thomas D. Mac Gee - Google Books

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Explains the principles underlying all devices used to sense temperature, and how the sensor signals are processed to convert them to indications of temperature. Describes the fundamental concepts of temperature, the Thermodynamic Temperature Scale, and…