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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
Fahrenheit, Daniel Gabriel (b. Danzig [Gdansk], Poland, 24 May 1686; d. The Hague, Natherlands, 16 September 1736) experimental physics. Fahrenheit was the scion of a wealthy merchant family that had come to Danzig from K Read more |
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Fahrenheit temperature scale
Fahrenheit temperature scale , temperature scale in which the temperature difference between two reference temperatures, the melting and boiling points of water, is divided into 180 equal intervals called degrees. The freezing point is taken as 32°F and the boiling point as 212°F. The... Read more |
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thermometer
thermometer instrument for measuring temperature . Galileo and Sanctorius devised thermometers consisting essentially of a bulb with a tubular projection, the open end of which was immersed in a liquid. Heating or cooling the bulb affected the height of the column of liquid in the tube, on which a... Read more |
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Celsius temperature scale
Celsius temperature scale , temperature scale according to which the temperature difference between the reference temperatures of the freezing and boiling points of water is divided into 100 degrees. The freezing point is taken as 0 degrees Celsius and the boiling point as 100 degrees Celsius. The... Read more |
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tropical forests
Forest, Tropical With their towering trees and tiny orchids, great apes and minute insects, tropical forests are magnificent expressions of nature. Tropical forests may contain half the species on Earth, but many of those species will disappear because of continuous... Read more |
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Huun-Huur-Tu
Huun-Huur-TuTraditional music group Among the most unusual group of performers touring on the world music circuit has been Huun-Huur-Tu, the Throat Singers of Tuva. Tuva is a remote grassland region in the center of the Asian continent, now a semi-autonomous division of Russia. It has its own... Read more |
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Kelvin temperature scale
Kelvin temperature scale a temperature scale having an absolute zero below which temperatures do not exist. Absolute zero , or 0°K, is the temperature at which molecular energy is a minimum, and it corresponds to a temperature of -273.15° on the Celsius temperature scale . The Kelvin... Read more |
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Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury , 1920-, American writer, b. Waukegan, Ill. A popular and very prolific writer of science fiction , Bradbury skillfully combines social and technological criticism with delightful fantasy. His best-known work is probably The Martian Chronicles (1950), the tale of the ruin of Martian... Read more |
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British thermal unit
British thermal unit abbr. Btu, unit for measuring heat quantity in the customary system of English units of measurement , equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water at its maximum density [which occurs at a temperature of 39.1 degrees Fahrenheit... Read more |
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heat capacity
heat capacity or thermal capacity, ratio of the change in heat energy of a unit mass of a substance to the change in temperature of the substance; like its melting point or boiling point, the heat capacity is a characteristic of a substance. The measurement of heat and heat capacity is... Read more |
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INSPECTIONS.(Local News)
...About 20 pounds of rice with ham, egg and vegetables noted at 100 degrees Fahrenheit; about 10 pounds of meat-style food noted at 110 degrees Fahrenheit and fried eggs noted at 52 degrees Fahrenheit (corrected). Valentine's... |
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Fahrenheit 212 serves up tasty, imaginative dishes
...Traditionalist and deep-fried ravioli stuffed with...names notwithstanding, Fahrenheit 212 prepares some tasty...Italian ravioli are deep-fried and the Mexican chorizo...Unlike a wonton or egg roll, The Rule Breaker...select from a list of what Fahrenheit 212 calls The Cuddlers... |
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Scotland ready for the scorcher; BRIAN SCOTT sees Craig Brown's hopefuls...
...in Washington. It was so hot down there on the field in the RFK Stadium, touching 100 degrees Fahrenheit, that a slick chef could have fried an egg on Colin Hendry's forehead. So it was to the Scots' great credit that they finished sunny... |
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A taste of Bolivia.
...rice or potatoes with a fried egg on top, is another favorite...enjoy the fish grilled, fried, stuffed, steamed...oil 1 teaspoon water 3 eggs filling ingredients of...Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. 2. Beat eggs in small bowl; set aside... |
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FDA urges firmer egg-handling standards. (Food and Drug Administration)
...the inside of the egg before the shell...the Chicken to the Egg," in the April...redesignating intact shell eggs as a "potentially...eggs at 45 degrees Fahrenheit or less until sold...Substitute pasteurized eggs and egg products for shell...minutes at 250 F * Fried, ... |
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REASTAURANT INSPECTIONS.(Local)
...degrees Fahrenheit, egg salad noted at 54 degrees Fahrenheit and ham noted at 50 degrees Fahrenheit in top of sandwich preparation...noted at 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Ice in stainless steel...in walk-in cooler. Fried rice noted at 85 degrees... |
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THE REGULATORS: Walking on Eggshells; FDA Mandates Salmonella Warnings
...of those cases. "The egg labeling and refrigeration...is part of the broader egg-safety action plan...affect about 60 billion eggs that end up fried, scrambled, boiled...among the agencies, egg producers and food...refrigerated at 45 degrees Fahrenheit or cooler--as Agriculture... |
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Hot Enough for You?
...get hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk? A...newspaper would cook up an egg-on-the-sidewalk...actually pulled off the egg trick. Every Fourth of...that's Fred Eck, not Fried Egg), the person who...from 0 to 500 degrees Fahrenheit. The so-called MiniTemp... |
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Give me a slice of paradise on a piece of buttered toast
...Anything close to 0 Fahrenheit congeals my blood and...of other things) and fried; the Portuguese will...You may get a wonderful fried egg, or oeuf sur le...owner that such a good egg deserves a piece of toast...capable of sustaining eggs and, to remind Mr Hopkinson...the frothy ... |
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Dinong Out
...open a steak house." The location, that of the former Fahrenheit restaurant, which was open but a few months, was the...combining grilled asparagus, baby field greens, Parmesan, fried egg, white truffle oil and lemon vinaigrette ($9). You... |
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