Mercury thermometer showing a room temperature of 24 degrees Celsius. The mercury thermometer works as mercury, a liquid metal, expands evenly as the

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Mercury thermometer showing a room temperature of 24 degrees Celsius. The mercury thermometer works as mercury, a liquid metal, expands evenly as the temperature increases. As it expands it fills more and more of a narrow tube, which is marked with a scale in degrees.

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Size: 3793px × 5598px
Photo credit: © ANDREW LAMBERT PHOTOGRAPHY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 24, celsius, degrees, device, equipment, measurement, measuring, mercury, physics, room, single, temperature, thermometer