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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7011445 | Maximum/minimum thermometer This invention relates to maximum/minimum thermometer of the type comprising an expansion liquid, a transfer liquid and indexes for recording the maximum and minimum temperatures. Described in particular are new transfer liquids designed to replace conventionally us... | 03/14/2006 |
| 4907896 | Temperature measuring device There is disclosed a maximum reading, temperature measuring device, such as a clinical thermometer, composed of a bulb containing an expandable liquid, such as mercury, an elongated tube with a central bore into which the liquid expands when heated, and a... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4170138 | Thermometer and method of making same A thermometer comprises a transparent flexible tubular outer shield, a slender solid rod or core positioned within the shield, the core having a fine groove in the external surface thereof which together with the shield forms a capillary passageway and a ... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4014215 | Clinical glass thermometer having a stem and a bulb integrally formed therewith A monocoque clinical glass thermometer which constitutes a glass stem and a bulb formed integrally therewith. The thermometer has a straight opaque background strip embedded therein on the side of the capillary bore opposite from the lens. The strip exten... | 03/29/1977 |
| 3947692 | Digital transducers A digital transducer comprises a container having two disparate materials therein defining an interface, the interface being movable through the container responsive to a force, or forces, applied to one, or both, of the materials. A plurality of sensors ... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3938388 | Thermometer A thermometer adapted to be subjected to temperatures above the normal reading temperature range thereof without adversely affecting the accuracy of the thermometer in subsequent use thereof at the reading temperatures. The thermometer is adapted for use ... | 02/17/1976 |
