STANDARD TEMPERATURE • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Standard temperature

... immaterial which of these definitions is used, for the errors resulting therefrom are much less than those resulting from ordinary observations. But when the value is to be determined by direct experiment at the standard temperature, Rankine's limits are much to be preferred; for it is so very difficult to determine exact values by observation when the substance is near the state bordering on a change of state of aggregation, as that of changing from water to ice. Observations made at about 60 deg. F. were ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 • Various