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Figure 1. Cavendish thermometer. Beginning in 1757 Lord Charles Cavendish,vice-president of the Royal Society, invented and described a number of thermometers utilizing the principle of the dilatation of liquid. One of these was a minimum thermometer used to retain the minimum temperature observed. The liquid used was alcohol. It was first used by John Phipps on the RACEHORSE in 1773.
Credit
Oceanographic Museum of Monaco
Photographer
Y. Berard
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
History of Oceanography Collection
The Early Instruments - Collections of the Oceanographic Museum at Monaco
Thermometers and Other Temperature Measuring Equipment
Keywords
Oceanography
Historical instruments