Equipment: A Galileo's thermometer (a sealed liquid filled glass cylinder containing sealed glass floats labeled 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24 and 26 degrees C), a 4 liter ...

Laboratory thermometers are used to measure temperatures or temperature changes with a high degree of precision. They are made of metal or glass and strengthened through thermal tempering or annealing ...

The basic design for this type of thermometer is a small-bore glass tube with a thin-walled glass bulb at the lower end. Typically, the liquid that fills is mercury or alcohol. As heat is transferred ...