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2. Thermometer - Wikipedia

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   Mercury thermometer (mercury-in-glass thermometer) for measurement of room temperature. [1] A thermometer is a device that measures temperature (the hotness or coldness of an object) or temperature gradient (the rates of change of temperature in space).

3. Mercury-in-glass thermometer - Wikipedia

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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.

4. Temperature measurement - Wikipedia

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   Such thermometers are usually calibrated so that one can read the temperature simply by observing the level of the fluid in the thermometer. Another type of thermometer that is not really used much in practice, but is important from a theoretical standpoint, is the gas thermometer .

5. Thanksgiving turkey: Safe internal temperature, where to ...

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   That temperature is 165 degrees. It’s important to have an instant-read thermometer to check the temperature. You can buy thermometers at grocery stores, hardware stores, warehouse clubs ...

6. Room temperature - Wikipedia

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   A digital thermometer reading an ambient temperature of 36.4°C (97°F) in an unventilated room during a heat wave; a high indoor temperature can cause heat exhaustion or heat stroke in a person. The World Health Organization in 1987 found that comfortable indoor temperatures of 18–24 °C (64–75 °F) were not associated with health risks ...

7. 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]