ocr: MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SCALE S - - - HEAS - AIR ALCOHOL MAXIMUM SCALE MARKER ALCOHOL MINIMUM SCALE MERCURY. The alcoholin the bulb above the minimum scale contracts as the temperature falls. The air in the other bulb pushes the mercury up the minimum scale, moving the minimum marker. Ifthe temperature rises, the markeri is heldin place to show the minimum temperature reached.
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