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    • A typical 19th century thermometer.
    Rights: Museo Galileo, Creative Commons 4.0 Published 18 April 2018 Size: 150 KB Referencing Hub media

    The first reliable thermometers were composed of calibrated glass tubes filled with mercury. This is a typical 19th century thermometer.

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