[f. THERMOMETER: see -METRY.] The department of science which deals with the construction of thermometers; the scientific use of the thermometer; the measurement of temperature.
1858. Lardner, Hand-bk. Nat. Phil., etc., 240, Chap. II. Thermometry.
1871. Maxwell, Theory of Heat, Pref. The whole science of heat is founded on Thermometry and Calorimetry.
1878. Lockyer, Stargazing, 376. He attaches a thermopile to his telescope and establishes a celestial thermometry.
