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Pictet's experiment

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• ... that in 1790, ten years before the discovery of infrared heating of the Earth by the sun, Marc-Auguste Pictet demonstrated the apparent reflection of cold by mirrors? Source: Chang, Hasok (2007). Inventing temperature: measurement and scientific progress. Oxford studies in philosophy of science (1. issued as paperback ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 166-167
  • ALT1: ... that in 1790, a "notorious" experiment demonstrated the apparent reflection of cold as well as heat? Source: Chang, Hasok (2007). Inventing temperature: measurement and scientific progress. Oxford studies in philosophy of science (1. issued as paperback ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 166-167
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  • Comment: the image is interesting but probably not a good aspect ratio for the main page

Created by Corundumconundrum (talk). Self-nominated at 22:00, 24 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Pictet's experiment; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
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QPQ: Done.

Overall: I see that this is your first submission. Very nice! And an interesting subject, too. I could stand to see a little more detail on the precise way it was disproven, though -- it requires quite a lot of pondering to infer the true mechanism of action from the reasoning given here. jp×g 00:12, 25 October 2023 (UTC)