Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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PYROMETER, noun [Gr., fire; measure.]
1. An instrument for measuring the expansion of bodies by heat.
2. An instrument for measuring degrees of heat above those indicated by the mercurial thermometer; as the pyrometer of Wedgewood.
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