Alcohol thermometer (UEB Contracted)
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- Synopsis
- This is an image of an alcohol thermometer fixed to a backing plate. This type of thermometer is used for measuring air temperature.There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up.The thermometer is in the middle of the page mounted vertically on the left side of a rectangular backing plate. It consists of a glass tube with a round bulb at the bottom, partially filled with red-dyed liquid ethanol. The ethanol will expand and rise up the tube as the temperature of the surrounding air increases. The level of the ethanol here has risen to the 10 degree mark.There is a scale to the left of the thermometer is marked from minus 40 degrees Celsius at the bottom to 50 degrees at the top. The minus degree markings below zero do not have a minus sign. Thermometers of this type can be used to measure temperatures from minus 70 to 78 degrees Celsius and are commonly used for meteorological purposes.
- Copyright:
- 2012
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Publisher:
- RNIB
- Date of Addition:
- 08/04/16
- Copyrighted By:
- RNIB
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Science
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.