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What is a pyrometer?

What is a pyrometer? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A thermometer designed to measure high temperatures.
  2. An instrument for measuring the thermal expansion of solids.
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Wedgwood was elected a Royal Society Fellow in 1783, primarily for inventing the pyrometer to measure oven temperatures.
The DIL 402 E dilatometer can be operated up to 2400°C or 2800°C with an optical pyrometer and a graphite furnace.
He handles Ramur's thermometer, Newton's prism, and Muschenbrock's pyrometer.
Each unit comprises a pyrometric rod that reports temperature inside the kiln to the electronic pyrometer.
Kramer normally uses a pyrometer to tell him when a blade has reached its critical temperature.
For this reason the use of a pyrometer, when possible, saves mistakes and trouble.

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