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How were thermometers invented?

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Mercury is put in a tube the Mercury expands when it is hot and compacts when cold.

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How was the thermometer invented?
Various people have credited the invention of the thermometer but the thermometer was not a single invention, however, but a development. Related Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermometer
Why was the thermometer invented?
to tell temperature, weathering and water temperature
When was the thermometer invented?
Galileo invented an air thermometer in about 1600, but changes in atmospheric pressure made accurate measurement difficult. Liquids were quickly used instead and Gabriel Fahrenheit was the first to...
When were thermometers invented?
1686-1736 by Andres Celsius
Where was the thermometer invented?
in greek