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The International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90) defines the present S.I.(“System International”) means of measuring temperature. The ITS-90 uses the freezing points of metals to define temperature fixed points. It also uses long-stemplatinum resistance thermometers to inter…

The dissertation analyzes medieval Christian and Jewish, and, to a lesser extent, Pagan and Muslim polemical uses of gendered, visceral, bodily imagery and metaphors of impurity. Drawing from medical texts, bestiaries (compendia of physical and symbolic characteristics of animal…