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A Compound Thermostat for Students' Use

Nature volume 116, pages 642–643 (1925)Cite this article

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IN view of the expense involved in equipping laboratories with more accurate apparatus, the following device suggested to me by Prof. Lancelot Hogben may prove serviceable for class work in experimental biology, where thermostats are often required for various purposes such as the temperature curve of an enzyme reaction. By using the gradient between two fixed temperatures (that of boiling water and of the main water supply) sufficient constancy can be obtained for students' work.

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POLLOCK, W. A Compound Thermostat for Students' Use. Nature 116, 642–643 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/116642b0

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