#mercury_thermometer__mercurythermometer__mercury-in-glass_thermometer thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube marked in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit; mercury expands with a rise in temperature causing a thin thread of mercury to rise in the tube
supertype: #thermometer measuring instrument for measuring temperature
part: #bulb.part
subtype: #Beckman_thermometer a mercury thermometer that measures small differences or changes in temperature
subtype: #mercury-in-glass_clinical_thermometer__clinical_thermometer a mercury thermometer designed to measure the temperature of the human body; graduated to cover a range a few degrees on either side of the normal body temperature
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