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2. Galileo thermometer - Wikipedia

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   A Celsius Galilean thermometer in two degree gradations. A risen orange orb denotes 24 °C. A Galileo thermometer (or Galilean thermometer) is a thermometer made of a sealed glass cylinder containing a clear liquid and several glass vessels of varying density. The individual floats rise or fall in proportion to their respective density and the ...

3. Stevenson screen - Wikipedia

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   The interior size of the screen will depend on the number of instruments that are to be used. A single screen may measure 76.5 by 61 by 59.3 cm (30.1 by 24.0 by 23.3 in) and a double screen 76.5 by 105 by 59.3 cm (30.1 by 41.3 by 23.3 in). The unit is either supported by four metal or wooden legs or a wooden post.

4. Timeline of temperature and pressure measurement technology

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   1612 — Santorio Sanctorius makes the first thermometer for medical use. 1617 — Giuseppe Biancani published the first clear diagram of a thermoscope 1624 — The word thermometer (in its French form) first appeared in La Récréation Mathématique by Jean Leurechon, who describes one with a scale of 8 degrees.

5. Indoor–outdoor thermometer - Wikipedia

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   In an indoor–outdoor thermometer based on a conventional liquid-in-glass thermometer, the stem of the outdoor thermometer is connected to the bulb by a long, flexible or semi-rigid capillary. The temperature scale is marked on the stem as usual. However, the temperature that is actually measured is the temperature at the bulb. [1]

6. File:Galileo Thermometer closeup.jpg - Wikipedia

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7. Thermoscope - Wikipedia

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   Philo of Byzantium is credited with the construction of the first thermoscope (or Philo thermometer), an early version of the thermometer. [6] It is also thought, but not certain, that Galileo Galilei discovered the specific principle on which the device is based and built the first thermoscope in 1593.

8. Temperature measurement - Wikipedia

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   The first sealed thermometer was constructed in 1654 by the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinand II. [1]: 19 The development of today's thermometers and temperature scales began in the early 18th century, when Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit produced a mercury thermometer and scale, both developed by Ole Christensen Rømer.

9. File:Galileo-thermometer-fig2.svg - Wikipedia

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   Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 09:51, 20 February 2022: 120 × 150 (3 KB): Adamw: annotation should show density, not mass: 20:53, 10 November 2012