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Definition of Alcohol-in-glass thermometer
1. Noun. Thermometer consisting of a glass capillary tube marked with degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit and containing alcohol which rises or falls as it expands or contracts with changes in temperature.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alcohol-in-glass Thermometer
Literary usage of Alcohol-in-glass thermometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"An alcohol-in-glass thermometer is easily made strong enough to bear a temperature
of 100° C., as this gives by the pressure of the vapour an internal ..."
2. A Text-book of Physics by Karl Eugen Guthe, William Hallock, Exum Percival Lewis, Arthur Willis Goodspeed, Albert Pruden Carman, Robert Kenning McClung (1909)
"The minimum thermometer is usually an alcohol-in-glass thermometer, kept in a
nearly horizontal position. A small glass rod is placed as an index in the ..."
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