In an analog thermometer, the colored alcohol (which replaced mercury) inside the glass tube rises in response to the heat of the substance it's resting in. So, to read it, you need to stoop to ...

The first mercury thermometer was invented in 1748 and had provided accurate (and precise) temperatures for 250 years. There's even a study showing that they are more accurate than the stupid digital ...

About 7 million mercury thermometers in hospitals and clinics across China may be phased out by the end of this year, as an international treaty to protect human health and the environment from ...

Your car is equipped not with a thermometer but with a thermistor.Thermistors work in a similar manner to thermometers, but rather than using a liquid like mercury, thermistors measure the change ...

Unlike those analog or mercury-in-glass thermometers — invented by Dutch physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit in Amsterdam in 1714 — the digital ones are flatter with clear, LCD displays that deliver ...