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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - Thermometers and Temperature Scales. | Oct 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - Thermometers and Temperature Scales. | Aug 08, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenStax - University Physics Volume 2 - Thermometers and Temperature Scales. | Jan 17, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Institute of Standards and Technology - Specifications and Tolerances for Thermometers (PDF). | Sep 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Malta - Thermometers (PDF). | Mar 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Healthdirect - Types of thermometer. | Aug 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Michigan Library Digital Collection - The Encyclopedia of Diderot and d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project - Thermometer. | Jun 06, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Whipple Museum - Early Thermometers and Temperature Scales. | Apr 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - The Thermometer & the Scientific Revolution. | Jan 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - The Thermometer and the Scientific Revolution. | Nov 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Chemical Society - Thermometer. | Aug 25, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Central Florida Pressbooks - Thermometers and Temperature Scales. | Jul 13, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Healthline - Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Types of Thermometers. | Apr 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - Heat Check: How To Take Your Temperature. | Jan 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Physics Classroom - Temperature and Thermometers. | Dec 01, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center For Biotechnological Information - PubMed Central - History of the Thermometer. | Sep 28, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mayo Clinic - Thermometers: Understand the options. | May 22, 2022 | ||
| Changed “almost always mercury” to “almost always mercury or coloured alcohol.” | Aug 24, 2020 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Aug 20, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Verywell Health - How to Use a Thermometer to Check for Fever. | Dec 20, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: MedicineNet - Thermometer. | Mar 27, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Inventors and Inventions - The Thermometer. | Mar 27, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - Thermometer. | Mar 27, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Energy Quest - How Does the Thermometer Work? | Feb 03, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Thermometer. | Jan 02, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Who Invented the Thermometer. | May 07, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Galileo Project - Thermometer. | May 07, 2013 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - How Does A Galileo Thermometer Work? | Dec 26, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: None. | Nov 25, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 16, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Hands-On Technology Program - Make A Thermometer. | Apr 26, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Apr 29, 2004 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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