What is 'air thermometer' 🧑‍🔧

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'Air thermometer' is a device that measures the temperature of an enclosed space by means of variations in the pressure or volume of air contained in a bulb placed in the space.

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What does thermometer mean in the encyclopedic entry...

Encyclopedic Entry. Vocabulary. A thermometer is an instrument that measures temperature. It can measure the temperature of a solid such as food, a liquid such as water, or a gas such as air. The three most common units of measurement for temperature are Celsius, Fahrenheit, and kelvin.

Why is it called an air thermometer...

The water level in the tube is controlled by the expansion and contraction of the air, so it is what we would now call an air thermometer. The word thermometer (in its French form) first appeared in 1624 in La Récréation Mathématique by J. Leurechon, who describes one with a scale of 8 degrees.

What is an air thermometer called...

Galileo thermometers are used to measure indoor air temperature, due to their limited measurement range.

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