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If you mean by an "ordinary" thermometer, a Mercury thermometer, the bimetallic type can measure a far greater range of temperature (mercury freezes at -38oC and boils at 356oC making it useless in the polar regions or for measuring high temperatures).

Bimetallic thermometers are also more robust; mercury thermometers are usually made from glass and are fragile.

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