EVOLUTIONOFTHEINTERNATIONALPRACTICALTEMPERATURESCALEOF1968SponsoredbySubcommitteeE20.07onFundamentalsinThermometryofASTMCommitteeE-20onTemperatureMeasurementASTMSPECIALTECHNICALPUBLICATION565Listprice$7.0004-565000-40AMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINGANDMATERIALS1916RaceStreet,Philadelphia,Pa.19103CopyrightbyASTMInt'l(allrightsreserved);SunJan321:10:37EST2016Downloaded/printedbyUniversityofWashington(UniversityofWashington)pursuanttoLicenseAgreement.Nofurtherreproductionsautho(~)BYAMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINGANDMATERIALS1974LibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber:74-20090NOTETheSocietyisnotresponsible,asabody,forthestatementsandopinionsadvancedinthispublication.PrintedinBaltimore,Md.November1974CopyrightbyASTMInt'l(allrightsreserved);SunJan321:10:37EST2016Downloaded/printedbyUniversityofWashington(UniversityofWashington)pursuanttoLicenseAgreement.Nofurtherreproductionsauthorized.ForewordThispublicationisacollectionofpapersgatheredbyASTMSubcom-mitteeE20.07onFundamentalsinThermometry.ThepapersrecounttheoriginandhistoryoftheInternationalPracticalTemperatureScales,leadinguptothemostrecent,IPTS-68.CopyrightbyASTMInt'l(allrightsreserved);SunJan321:10:37EST2016Downloaded/printedbyUniversityofWashington(UniversityofWashington)pursuanttoLicenseAgreement.NofurtherreproductionsauthoRelatedASTMPublicationsSupplementtotheBibliographyandAbstractsonThermostatMetals,STP288C(1974),$4.25,04-288030-40ManualontheUseofThermocouplesinTemperatureMeasurement,STP470A(1974),$17.50,04-470010-40TheTheoryandPropertiesofThermocoupleElements,STP492(1971),$7.25,04-492000-40CopyrightbyASTMInt'l(allrightsreserved);SunJan321:10:37EST2016Downloaded/printedbyUniversityofWashington(UniversityofWashington)pursuanttoLicenseAgreement.NofurtherreproductionsautContentsIntroduction1TheOriginandPresentStatusoftheIPTS-68--H.PRESTON-THOMAS3ACompilationandHistoricalReviewofTemperatureScaleDifferences--j.G.HUST20InternationalPracticalTemperatureScaleof1968--R.P.BENEDICT50TheInternationalPracticalTemperatureScaleof1968--COMIT~IN...