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Measure the quantity

To control something, first we have to be able to measure it. To control temperature, start with a thermometer.

A thermometer tells precisely how miserable the weather is but doesn't do anything about it. Here's an example of the information the thermometer provides: the outside temperature over a day, plotted every 10 minutes.


By John Walker