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A medical mercury-in-glass maximum thermometer showing the temperature of 38.7 °C (101.7 °F). One special kind of mercury-in-glass thermometer, called a maximum thermometer, works by having a constriction in the neck close to the bulb. As the temperature rises, the mercury is pushed up through the constriction by the force of expansion.
If you suspect that you have a fever but don’t have a thermometer around (and don’t feel like investing in one), doctors say there are a few signs of a fever to look out for: You feel off .
A medical thermometer or clinical thermometer is a device used for measuring the body temperature of a human or other animal. The tip of the thermometer is inserted into the mouth under the tongue (oral or sub-lingual temperature), under the armpit (axillary temperature), into the rectum via the anus (rectal temperature), into the ear (tympanic temperature), or on the forehead (temporal ...
A medical thermometer showing a temperature reading of 38.7 °C (101.7 °F). Taking a human's temperature is an initial part of a full clinical examination.There are various types of medical thermometers, as well as sites used for measurement, including:
A thermometer has two important elements: (1) a temperature sensor (e.g. the bulb of a mercury-in-glass thermometer or the pyrometric sensor in an infrared thermometer) in which some change occurs with a change in temperature; and (2) some means of converting this change into a numerical value (e.g. the visible scale that is marked on a mercury ...
Ethanol-filled thermometer are used in preference to mercury for meteorological measurements of minimum temperatures and can be used down to −70 °C (−94 °F). [2] The physical limitation of the ability of a thermometer to measure low temperature is the freezing point of the liquid used. Ethanol freezes at −114.9 °C (−174.82 °F).
Donkeys should be milked three times a day from 20 to 90 days after foaling. [10] A female produces between 0.5 and 1.3 litres of milk a day for about 6–7 months. [ citation needed ] The variability of donkey milk production is due to many factors, such as individual milkability, nutrition, genetics and management of reproduction, in addition ...
The resolution of liquid crystal sensors is in the 0.1 °C (0.2 °F) range. Disposable liquid crystal thermometers have been developed for home and medical use. For example if the thermometer is put onto someone's forehead, it will change colour depending on the temperature of the person's body. There are two stages in the liquid crystals: