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thermometer
An instrument for measuring temperature, especially one having a graduated glass tube with a bulb containing a liquid, typically mercury or colored alcohol, that expands and rises in the tube as the temperature increases.
In general, substances expand slightly when heated, and shrink when cooled. This fact gave mankind its first tool for measuring temperature accurately; that is, the mercury thermometer. Thermometer comes from the Greek words therm, "heat" and metron, "measure"; so, it is an instrument "to measure heat".
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(historical perspectives of thermoscopes to thermometers: Daniel Fahrenheit, Galileo Galilei, Anders Celsius, and Lord Kelvin; among others, were major contributors to temperature calculations as we know them today)
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Thermometer and Temperature Scales
Historical perspectives of thermoscopes to thermometers.
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Thermometer and Temperature Scales
The historical background of Thermometer and Temperature Scales.
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Index of Scientific and Technological Topics
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