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s e l f -R e g i s t e r i n g D
F eat u res o f C o n st r u ct io n
Glass bulb, at left behind bul b guard, is f il i ed with a l iquid whi
co nt ra ct s w it h incr eas e o r d ecr ease of & em per at ur e
c@nt ains the mercury column and part of j he ex panding l iquid, while the ex pan-
sion chamber, at right behind bu lb gua rd, akes care of the iacrease and decrease
of v o lu m e c a use d by t h e ex pa nsio n a nd c q'nt r a ct ion of t h e l iq u id in t h e bu lb a nd
U -t u b e ( U ) .
l n t h e l ef t -hand bo re o f t h e U - t ub e ( t ) is t h e m in im um ind ex , (V ), w h ile i n
t h e r i g h t -h a n d b o r e i s t h e m a x i m u m i n d ex t D ).
T o read t em p eratu re reg is t ered by eith er? i nd ex,-refer to bo tto m of ed ge of i nd ex .
T o read tem eerature as ind icated by : eitht e_ r mercu ry colu m nf , refer tb the
m e n i sc u s. o r t o p o f c o l u m n .
H o w it O p e r a t es
Ob serv e left scal e fo r lo w temp eratu re re&$ i ng ii i id righ t sca le foa h igh tem per-
a t u r e r e ad i n g .
^ A s temperat ure sur rou nding the glase bu lb, behi nd bu lb guard, i ncreases,
t he l iq u id t h er e in ex p a nd s, f or ci ng t he m er cu r v co lu m n d o wn o ri t h e lef,t & $id e " o f
the v - tube (U), and up on t he right side f th e"tube;^ca rrv i ng .wii h it.,thd max i- r j
m u m ind ex ( D ). A s t he t em per a t ur e sur R u hd ing t h e b u lb d ecr ea ses. t hg liq u id
th e r e i n r i Se . ca r r y i n g c o n t r a ct s , ca u s i n g t h e m e r c u r y c o lu r ri n w i t h i t t h e m i n i m u m
at t he h ighest grad uatio n ind icated d uri
m in imu m ind ex (V ) remain s at th e low est g X
t u r e d e c r e a s e .
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a s i l l u st ra t e d , a n d d r a w d o w n w a rd
o n t h e t o p s o f t h e m e r cu ry co l u m n s.
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T h e sp ec i a l c e ra m i c m a g n et (4 ) su p p l i e d w i t h
p o c k e t p ro v i d ed (3 ) .
T o U n it e M e r cu r y C o lu m n s
3 h i p p i n g o r se v e r e v i b r a t i o n m a y c a u se sp a ra t io n s i n t h e m e rc u ry ^c@l u m n o n
e i t h e r si d e o f t h e t h er m o m e t e r .
o f t h e t h e r m o m et e r . T h e se ca n u su a l ly
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m o d e r at e f o r ce , u n t i l t h e m e r c u r y c o l u m n i s u n i t ed o n b o t h si d es.
f o r c e i n t h e d o w n w a rd sw i ng m a y d i sp l a c e t h e m e r cu r y i n t h e b o r e, , ca u si n g
i n a c cu r at e r ea d i n g s.
V W h i l e th e p r o ce d u r e i n st ep o n e m a y e l i m i n a t e
u su a l l y n e c e ssa ry t o i m m er se t h e t h e r i n o m et e r co m p l e t e ly
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b u b b l es i n t o t h e t ip . l t i s n o t r e co m nae n d e d t h at t h e . i h e r m o m e t e r b e c o m -
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h i gh e r t e m i>e r at u r e m a y b e u sed . i f e* t r e m e c a r e i s e x e r c is ed . b y i^ m m e r si n g
on ly t he t op , i nclu d ing t he bu lb a nd - ; l ip, a nq w.at ch ing t o see t ha t t he t ip
d o es n o t f i l l c l o s er t h a n D / U i " f ro m t h e t o p .
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l f e it h e r i nd e x se t t le s int o it s m e r c ur y c Cl um n, f oll ow t h e^ a bo v e i nSt r uc t io ns .
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l f i n d ex ( D) h a s b ee n f o r c ed i n t o t h e ex ia n s io n c h a m b er , a t r igh t b eh i n d bu l b
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