It was one of Daniel Fahrenheit's most famous inventions. Now, after nearly 300 years as a household fixture, the mercury glass thermometer is bound for the museum. The Canadian government announced ...

BALTIMORE — It was one of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit’s most famous inventions, in 1714. Now, after nearly 300 years on the market, the still-common mercury thermometer appears headed for extinction.

Measuring your body temperature with a glass thermometer is pretty handy, but making the instruments is not easy. A finished mercury-in-glass thermometer requires at least 25 intricate steps including ...

Temperatures taken from mercury thermometers by the U.S. Weather Bureau in the late 1800s were actually more accurate than the readings from today’s electronic thermometers. Once calibrated, a mercury ...

WIXOM, Mich. RG Medical Diagnostics is looking to bring back the reliability of glass thermometers — without the mercury. According to the company, glass thermometers administered orally or rectally ...

Galileo's thermometer is a sealed liquid-filled glass cylinder containing sealed glass floats (in this case, labelled 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24 and 26 degrees C). The ...