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OCR: THERMOMETERS NSTRUMENTS that are used to measure temperature are called Clinical thermometer thermometers The most common type consists ofa liquid in glass tube. The Maximum liquid (usually mercury or alcohol and minimum expands as the temperature rises thermometer causing the liquid 10 rise up the tube. Clinical mercury thermometers are used for measuring human body temperature. They have constriction (narrow gap) 30 at the base of the tube so that the liquid does patient not thermometer fall mouth back as removed soon ae from the 60 882.0 9 8 Thermometer readings The mercury level on many thermometers can be reaa ona scale An electronic thernometer Electronic gives digital reading. thermometer atcl pasn beread