Question

The laboratory thermometer was invented by whom, when and where?

Answer 1

Hint: We are asked to state the person who invented the laboratory thermometer, where he invented it and when he made the invention. We can start by defining what a laboratory thermometer is and how it is different from the regular thermometer. We can then state the facts asked about in the question.

Complete answer:
Let us start by defining what a thermometer is and the purpose of this instrument. A thermometer is a device used to measure temperature of a material or even a person (thermo means heat). The first ever recorded thermometer was made by the Italians, a group of Venetian (people from Venice) scientists named Santorio Santorio (1561-1636). It was one of the many groups of Venetian scientists who were working on this concept in the late Sixteenth Century.

Just like many inventions of that period, the invention and concept of thermometer came about because of the work of various scientists and was then improved by many others. This is because this first thermometer was considered the first temperature measuring device but concepts of air pressure and lack of accuracy due to the prevailing conditions demanded changes.

Note: A clinical thermometer is used in households and health clinics to measure the temperature of the human body. It has a part called the kink which prevents the overflow of mercury inside the thermometer. Whereas a laboratory thermometer as the name suggests is used in a laboratory and does not have a kink. The clinical thermometer has fewer readings of temperature as the human body doesn’t exceed a particular limit whereas a laboratory thermometer has more readings.