The first thermometer was a tube filled with water and air.
We still use colored alcohol for our liquid in everyday thermometers.
Liquid is used in a thermometer because it expands and contracts uniformly with changes in temperature, allowing for accurate temperature measurements. The liquid inside the thermometer expands and rises in the capillary tube as it gets warmer, providing a visible indication of temperature.
The liquid in a thermometer does not move when turned upside down because of the properties of the liquid used (usually mercury or alcohol) and the vacuum-sealed tube design of the thermometer. This design prevents the liquid from freely moving when the thermometer is inverted.
When the liquid in a thermometer contracts, it means that the temperature is decreasing. As the molecules of the liquid lose energy, they move closer together, causing the volume of the liquid to decrease. This contraction is used to measure a drop in temperature on the thermometer scale.
A thermometer is typically used to measure the boiling point of a substance. It can accurately measure the temperature at which a liquid changes state from a liquid to a gas during the boiling process.
Water - Galileo Galilei invented a rudimentary water thermometer in 1593 which, for the first time, allowed temperature variations to be measured
The liquid typically used in a Galilean thermometer is colored alcohol.
We still use colored alcohol for our liquid in everyday thermometers.
A thermometer is used to measure air temperature, or the temperature within a solid or liquid.
Mercury
iodine and Mercury
Liquid is used in a thermometer because it expands and contracts uniformly with changes in temperature, allowing for accurate temperature measurements. The liquid inside the thermometer expands and rises in the capillary tube as it gets warmer, providing a visible indication of temperature.
A thermometer is most commonly used to measure the temperature of a liquid. Other methods, such as infrared thermometers or thermocouples, can also be used depending on the specific application and characteristics of the liquid.
A laboratory thermometer is used to check the temperature, or changes in temperature, of an object with precise accuracy.
The liquid in a thermometer does not move when turned upside down because of the properties of the liquid used (usually mercury or alcohol) and the vacuum-sealed tube design of the thermometer. This design prevents the liquid from freely moving when the thermometer is inverted.
The liquid is an antiseptic used to sterilise it. You wouldn't want to be contaminated with any bacteria or viruses from the last person who used the thermometer, would you?
The keyword "what" in a Galileo thermometer is used to indicate the temperature at which the liquid-filled bulbs inside the thermometer are floating.