mercury thermometers
Silvery liquid measurers
Mercury thermometers are glass tubes containing liquid mercury that expands and contracts with temperature changes, rising or falling along a calibrated scale.
Once standard in homes and hospitals for measuring body temperature and weather conditions, they've largely been replaced by digital alternatives due to mercury's toxicity: The clinic switched from mercury thermometers to digital ones years ago.
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