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Fun Science: The Backyard Cricket Thermometer

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Alexander Szewczak

The loud crickets chirping in unison tonight reminded me of A. E. Dolbear’s observation that crickets can tell you the current temperature.  According to his classic 1881 communication: T = 50 + (N-40)/4 where N is the number of field cricket chirps per … Continue reading →

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