Talk:Thermometer

message: How about thermometers that use color changing materials to determine body temperature? Jaberwocky6669 22:24, Mar 12, 2005 (UTC)
: . This article now briefly mentions "Medical thermometers such as ... liquid crystal thermometers ... ". --DavidCary (talk) 17:29, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Different types

message: Wikipedia mentions that this article lacks sources.   I submit that this article is as accurate and non-specific as it can be/needs to be.  It is simply an introduction and does not need sources as its' source material is those links at the bottom of the page that have all the citations necessary with the information.  I also do not believe that it is contradictory with the timeline article, as the exact date is unknown, as well are all the facts on this subject not completely known.  This is as accurate as this article need be and is purposfully split beyond that to limit its' size.  Please refer to all articles on this subject for a complete range of resources and review other information to come to a conslusion as to exact dates as these are still in debate. ---- unsigned comment was added by Borghuman (talk • contribs) .</small>
As far as I can tell this debate will be continued well into eternity unless someone can invent a time machine and settle it once and for all. -—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Borghuman (talk • contribs) .
I found out that Galileo Galilei invented a rudimentary water thermometer in 1593, Yet in here Timeline_of_temperature_and_pressure_measurement_technology it said Galileo invented it in 1592. Which is it? -—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wiz126 (talk • contribs) .
:I have no idea, but what was your source? This should probably be cited, too... -postglock 04:17, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've also added similar tags at Timeline of temperature and pressure measurement technology. -postglock 04:21, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I did a little search and I found Galileo Galilei in the Table of Notable Modern Inventions and Discoveries on the History Channle. According to them, Galilei invented the Water thermometer in 1593 Here is the link (scroll down a little) History Channle Link. --Wiz126 05:17, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

text: Although the history channle is not the most reliable source I do think its allot more reliable then other sources. Here is another Source About they say 1593 a well. --Wiz126 02:10, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You say that "The thermometer was invented in 1592(source), however others claim it was in 1593(next source) while others give 1606(third source)." or something like that. Thus it's up to the reader what they want to believe. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 19:49, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

text: Yes, that was based on the sources being reliable. All you really need though i someone with access to a better public library than I do is to go and look through some reference material and see what they say. The sources don't have to be online. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 15:19, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe the original source is Life of Galileo by Vincenzo Viviani, which says (in translation) "about the time Galileo took the chair of mathematics in Padua at the end of 1592, he invented the thermometer, a glass containing air and water".  Notice the word "about", the fact that it was the end of 1592, and the fact that the process of invention may have taken months from the idea to the first working model.Chemical Engineer 12:48, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

text: Things that seem obvious in hindsight can be very hard.  Converting arbitrary levels of hotness to a linear scale is a major step, and puts the 'meter' in thermometer.Chemical Engineer 15:04, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction 

message: Is it possible for mercury to be used in thermometers in this day and age? I'm an unsure whether the chemical is easy to obtain and cheap, or have the ability to be placed in a clock device that tells the temperature. Daily Rubbings 16:35, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Use of thermometers and mercury

message: It seems to me, by reading this article, that not all temperature sensors can properly be called thermometers; that thermometers are only one class of a specific type of temperature sensor.  If this is correct, then the articles definitely should not be merged. Shanoman 22:01, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that Wikipedia should clearly describe the distinction between the two. However, since they are closely related, I think Wikipedia only needs a single article that covers both of them (and also explains the distinction between them). This is similar to the way there is a distinction between a "block" and a "tackle", but a single "block and tackle" article covers both. So I think temperature sensor should redirect to thermometer, as it already does. --DavidCary (talk) 17:29, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:   Care to comment at Talk:Temperature#Are_all_temperature_measuring_devices_"thermometers"%3F. fgnievinski (talk) 01:52, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Distinction between thermometers and temperature sensors

message: The paragraph "This history of the thermometer, etc" is the blurb for a book, pasted from the publisher's web page [].  The book is not credited.  Copyright?Chemical Engineer 15:04, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Plagiarism

message: this helped with homework alot!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.32.11.69 (talk) 20:57, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  thanks 

message: Basal thermometer does not have any future as a full-fledged article.  About everything that could be said about them is already there, and it's about section-sized.  So I propose making it a section in this article instead. LyrlTalk     C   13:47, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge proposal with basal thermometer 

message: this section needed to be here, so I'm adding it. Pdbailey (talk) 04:07, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Comment "Types of thermometers should be seperate". In theory, I agree with you. However there isn't enough in either basal (which got redirected to medical anyway) or medical to warrant a separate article. Thermometer is a fine article but Medical thermometer has been tagged for improvement/expansion for a year and there just isn't much that can be done with it. It's not particularly encyclopedic yet I don't think it's bad enough to be deleted. It was my theory that merging it would be a way to centralize the information. IMO, who's going to look to Wiki for info on a medical thermometer? To me, that's a google question whereas Thermometer itself is ore encyclopedic. Oh and apologies for not getting this section here in the first place, I never quite get them on the right talk pages with the merge tags. Travellingcari (talk) 17:06, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: What about the other short thermometer articles other than medical? CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 21:05, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Could they all be covered succinctly in Thermometer? I don't know, I haven't read them all. I stumbled on Medical thermometer at random, literally, via Special:Random and based my opinion based on that. Also note the basal discussion above, there is clearly a line of thinking that these articles aren't substantive enough to stand on their own. I'm not sure whether they all should be merged here or into one article along the lines of types of thermometers, which could easily be linked from here. Not sure if that's ideal either but it's an option. Thoughts on that? Travellingcari (talk) 22:22, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Some of the articles are fairly short but some are not. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 17:07, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  True, and over at Medical thermometer someone just made a suggestion of how to expand that. I'm not 100% convinced that the types of thermometers couldn't be merged, but the length of the others is a valid concern. Travellingcari (talk) 01:01, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge proposal with medical thermometer 

message: I just wrote a small article on Pill Thermometers which should probably be linked from here, but I'm not sure where to best fit it in, or if it should be linked from one of the more specific types of thermometer pages themselves.  Any Suggestions? Thavelick (talk) 01:21, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I went ahead and added a link in the Thermometer Types Section. Thavelick (talk) 17:51, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pill Thermometer 

message: Can someone add information about the accuracy of thermometers as they developed through history?  How would the accuracy of a thermometer read by eye compare to digital thermometers?  In 1880, would they round to the nearest degree when recording temperatures for weather records?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.228.40.142 (talk) 18:44, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accuracy of Thermometers Throughout Their History 

message: This article does not mention these, nor is there a separate article about them. Could someone add this? E-pen (talk) 15:06, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tele-thermometer 

message: This is a method of determining temperature, but not a thermometer.Chemical Engineer (talk) 22:06, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Phosphor Thermometry 

message: This article does not currently touch on the use of thermometers, which is quite a surprise.  I've dropped its class to C because of this.  I've started the new section, but like other areas of the article, it needs more references before it can regain B class.  Thegreatdr (talk) 23:45, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uses 

message: A temperature gauge is, as it appears from the very short article, just another name for a thermometer. bd2412 T 15:18, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: . temperature gauge is now a redirect to thermometer. --DavidCary (talk) 17:29, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge. 

message: Mercury is increasingly being phased out in favour of Galinstan as the liquid-metal of choice for a liquid-metal-in-glass thermometer yet so far galinstan has not merited a mention on this page only elsewhere - Mercury-in-glass thermometer.
A galinstan-in-glass thermometer is not a type of mercury-in-glass thermometer it is a type of liquid-metal-in-glass thermometer so should be mentioned on this page and perhaps there should be a new page "Liquid-metal-in-glass thermometer" mentioning mercury's historic significance and its phase out in favour of galinstan?
Peter Dow (talk) 03:24, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Galinstan 

message: The clinical thermometer, invented by Dr. Carl Ehrle in 1868, was also in use. Before this time, the thermometer showed the temperature only while in situ. Since this thermometer was inserted into the rectum the reading was disagreeable to the physician and embarrassing to the nurse . http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC197505/pdf/mlab00161-0085.pdf Trente7cinq (talk) 17:21, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  What about Carl Ehrle ???

message: Today a new edit was posted by Thegreatdr. That edit cluttered the lead with detail belonging to a point of view about the importance of the uses of thermometers. I moved the material to the section on the uses of thermometers. This section would now benefit from some judicious detailed editing.Chjoaygame (talk) 23:04, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The lead is supposed to summarize the article below, and there was nothing about the uses of thermometers within the lead.  I summarized the usage section and placed that info into the lead.  Per the manual of style, for an article this long, a 3-4 paragraph lead is acceptable.  Before, and now, and lead is falling way short of its wikipedia-intended purpose.  Thegreatdr (talk) 00:02, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair comment, Thegreatdr. The lead could well be expanded. Perhaps you might like to do it. You will need to do something more than simply lift details from one section. What you posted was not a summary, and it was from only one section, almost as long as the section itself; far from what is needed. The lead should cover the whole article, and should indeed be a summary. To write such a summary will call for a general overview of the whole article, which will call for some thought in its writing.Chjoaygame (talk) 06:37, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: New edit by Thegreatdr

message: I am not a Wikilawyer so I don't know the exact rules. Editors need to bear in mind that self-promotion per se is forbidden in Wikipedia.Chjoaygame (talk) 14:23, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  nanothermometry 

message: I recently added a hatnote to PTAT to mention one particular sensor proportional to absolute temperature.
Should this thermometer article specifically mention the PTAT acronym, and should that hatnote be repointed to this thermometer article?
--DavidCary (talk) 17:47, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  PTAT 

message: Peripheral thermometers aren't very good in clinical settings, and central probes are better. doi:10.7326/M15-1150 JFW | T@lk 15:42, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: It depends on the clinical setting.Chjoaygame (talk) 22:54, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clinical use 

message: The Temperature measurement article currently has little content about the maximum accuracy of current technology for measuring temperature. The Thermometer article currently has quite impressive relevant content, but even though it offers much general discussion, does not really explore the limits of the most sensitive tech. There is a link to a Precision thermometry article but it does not seem to currently exist, it just redirects. Please add content to these articles, about the Precision, accuracy, and reproducibility limits of the most sensitive equipment and techniques. There have been references in the media to measuring temps near absolute zero to many digits, but that probably only applies to that special case. What other temps can be measured most accurately?-73.61.15.243 (talk) 23:06, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Precision, accuracy, and reproducibility limits 

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thread_title:  External links modified (January 2018) 

message: The image caption are rather repetitive. Perhaps replace some of them with something more insightful?--Henke37 (talk) 19:36, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Completely agree. Most were not even relevant to the image they were attached to. I have done some pruning. 86.164.61.122 (talk) 14:37, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Repetitive image captions 

message: I am proposing adding to the word 'thermometre' that this is an obsolete spelling. The current French spelling is as one would expect 'thermomètre', but I have never come across the thermometre spelling in the UK. In the UK, 'metre' is used for the length measurement, but instruments such as the voltmeter, the ammeter, and the gas meter are never spelled 'metre'. If anyone can produce evidence of current and normal usage of 'thermometre' in the Commonwealth (other than the use of the French spelling in Québec), I will abandon the proposal. Sarandone (talk) 20:39, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Spelling

message: I deleted the sentence "During the COVID-19 pandemic they were used by businesses to detect the fever brought on by the virus.".  I don't think this is really relevant or notable in light of WP:NOTNEWS: "While including information on recent developments is sometimes appropriate, breaking news should not be emphasized or otherwise treated differently from other information."
Thermometers have been widely used for hundreds of years for all kinds of applications including, yes, measuring human body temperatures for medical purposes.  There are hundreds of conditions which may cause fever.  Is it really necessary or helpful to mention COVID-19 in particular?  Also, why businesses?  Thermometers are used to detect fever by medical facilities, people in their own homes, and others.
Maybe I'm off base here, but to me this seemed like an unnecessary introduction of current events material somewhere where it doesn't fit nor provide any illumination of the topic of the article, so I went ahead and was bold.  Feel free to revert if you disagree.
71.211.132.141 (talk) 03:51, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: COVID-19

message: ĊĊ•••  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8803:E600:1E:21F8:9729:8825:4A31 (talk) 20:34, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  I love wikipedia 

message: There is a dedicated entry for thermoscopes on wiki and it has a history section that is not well developed and inaccurate in places. I propose that we take much of what is written here about the early history of thermometers related to the thermoscopes and adapt it for the thermoscopes entry and transplant it to over there. Thoughts? Nysus (talk) 23:08, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal to move Early Developments portion of history to thermoscope page