thermometer
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In another photograph taken inside Bowker, a thermometer shows 35.2C and humidity of 57.6%.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
That relationship allows researchers to use the chemical signature preserved in fossil teeth as a kind of ancient thermometer.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
It’s a few minutes after 10 a.m. on a recent morning and the thermometer is closing in on 95 degrees, but Marc Papas isn’t fazed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Rare is the suburban grill chef who doesn’t keep an instant-read thermometer in his apron pocket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
I think I had a fever, though I had no thermometer to find out, and my ankle swelled very large and looked bad—blue on one side and bright red on the other.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
Even at sea, thermometers have registered record temperatures.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Today, gallium is widely used in semiconductors, telecommunications equipment, LEDs, laser diodes, solar panels, high performance computing, the aerospace and defense industries, and as a safer alternative to mercury in thermometers.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
Two people in the area fainted as thermometers showed the temperature hitting 97 degrees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Since 1999, his role involves opening what is known as the Stevenson screen which holds sensitive thermometers, before noting down his readings for the day into the handwritten ledger.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2025
“Normal thermometers only read every two tenths. This one does it every tenth. Try it out. Put it in your mouth.”
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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