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Originally Posted by ApS
I've got a model of Galileo's "thermometer"—invented in 1593. Not a mercury thermometer, I feared it might freeze and break in our unheated cottage last winter. It came through OK. It uses mineral spirits as a suspension medium. Some "Galileo thermometers" sold today don't recommend freezing temperatures.
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I was just kidding about the thermo. See smiley face.