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Cryophorus
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary form consists of two glass bulbs, connected by a tube of the same material, and containing only a quantity of water and its vapor, devoid of air. The water is in one of the bulbs, and freezes when the other is cooled below 32¡ Fahr.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cryophorus'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/cryophorus.html. 1828.