Thermometer Summary

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Encyclopedia Articles (3)

575 words, approx. 2 pages
Thermometers A thermometer is an instrument used to measure temperature. Most modern thermometers tend to be a hollow tube of glass marked with a scale and filled with a liquid, either mercury or alco... Read more
877 words, approx. 3 pages
Thermometer In the earliest days of the medical profession, there was no device available to measure a patient's temperature. Patients were either too hot, normal, or too cold, depending upon the doct... Read more
427 words, approx. 2 pages
Thermometers Thermometers are familiar devices used to measure the temperature of an object or a system. Thermometers use the principle of thermal equilibrium, also known as the zeroth law of thermody... Read more