…Before that time, the prevailing idea was that cold and heat were opposing elements, like dryness and moisture, and that the mixture of cold and hot air produced actual warmth. The Latin word for temperature, temperatura, originally meant “mixture.” The Greeks Philo and Heron had invented a device to measure the thermal expansion of air, but it was not until the end of the 16th century that Galileo and others used it as a thermometer. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "temperatura" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…それ以前には冷と暖は乾と湿のように対立する要素であり,冷気と熱気の混り方が実際の暖かさを作り出すという考えが支配的であった。ラテン語で温度を意味するtemperaturaも,もともとは“混り方”という意味である。空気の熱膨張を示す装置はギリシアのフィロンやヘロンが考案していたが,16世紀の終りごろになって初めてガリレイらはそれを温度計として利用した。… ※「temperatura」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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