Excerpt from Theory of Heat
We use these words therefore, as the names Of these states of the object, or, in scientific language, they are the names of Temperatures, the word hot indicating a high temperature, cold a low temperature, and the intermediate terms intermediate temperatures, while the word temperature itself is a general term intended to apply to any one Of these states of the object.
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