See also:

• HYGROMETER (Gr. hypos, moist, L Tpov, a measure)

HYGROMETER (Gr. hypos, moist, L Tpov, a measure)  , an See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument for measuring the See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute or relative amount of moisture in the See also:

• ATMOSPHERE (Gr. fir µ6r, vapour; orkaipa, a sphere)

atmosphere; an instrument which only qualitatively determines changes in the humidity is termed a " hygroscope." The earlier See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments generally depended for their See also:

• ACTION

action on the contraction or See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of substances when exposed to varying degrees of moisture; See also:

• CATGUT

catgut, See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair, See also:

• TWISTED

twisted cords and wooden laths, all of which See also:

• CONTRACT
• CONTRACT (Lat. contract us, from contrahere, to draw together, to bind)

contract with an increase in the humidity and See also:

• VICE

vice versa, being the most favoured materials . The See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar " See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house " exemplifies this See also:

• PROPERTY

property . This See also:

• TOY
• TOY, CRAWFORD HOWELL (1836– )

toy consists of a house provided with two doors, through which either a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man or woman appears according as the weather is about to be wet or See also:

• FINE

fine . This action is effected by fixing a catgut See also:

• THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)

thread to the See also:

• BASE

base on which the figures are mounted, in such a manner that contraction of the thread rotates the figures so that the man appears and extension so that the woman appears . Many of the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early forms are described in C . See also:

• HUTTON, CHARLES (1737-1823)
• HUTTON, JAMES (1726-1797)
• HUTTON, RICHARD HOLT (1826-1897)

Hutton, Math. and Phil . See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary (1815) . The See also:

• MODERN

modern instruments, which utilize other principles, are described in See also:

• METEOROLOGY (Gr. JerEwpa, and hb'yos, i.e. the science of things in the air)

METEOROLOGY : H . Methods and Apparatus .