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| instrument that measures temperature |
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Made by Galileo
First device for measuring temperature
Glass bulb with a long thin neck inverted over a container of water.
Water rises or falls in the neck depending on temperature |
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| Coiled strip of 2 kinds of metal, attached to a pointer that indicates temperature on a dial |
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| Consists of a probe whose elictrical properties change with termperature |
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| Temperatures that do not change from one laboratory to another |
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0 the lowest termperature with ice water and salt solution
Fiducial points set at 32 for freezing point of water and 212 for boiling point of water |
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| 0 the lowest termperature with ice water and salt solution |
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Sets fiducial points at 0 (freezing point of water) and 100 (boiling point of water)
**Used most often in science |
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C=(F-32)/1.8
F=(C*1.8)+32
**be able to use this equation |
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| Maximum & Minimum thermometers |
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| Record maximum temperature or minimum temperature and must be reset by shaking |
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| Bourdon tube thermometers |
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| Made with a coiled slightly flexible metal tube filled with fluid |
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| meausres atmospheric presure |
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| records atmospheric presure |
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| measures amount of rainfall |
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| the a unit of speed used for measuring wind, 1.15 miles |
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| the head of all the weather staions, located in boston |
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| 10Newtons/cm the unit for measuring atmospheric presure |
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| lines connecting stations with the same atmospheric presure |
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| 200 milibar contour lines |
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| 500 milibar contour lines |
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| lines connecting staions according to the same temperature |
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| a device used to tell wind speed |
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| Wind direction is described by where the wind is blowing from |
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| a measuring device of atmosperic pressure, and it doesn't use liquid |
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