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Upsetting Thermometer
Webster's Dictionary
A thermometer by merely inverting which the temperature may be registered. The column of mercury is broken and, as it remains until the instrument is reset, the reading may be made at leisure.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Upsetting Thermometer'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/u/upsetting-thermometer.html. 1828.