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IN your article, p. 234, referring to this pretty little instrument, you refer to the appellation “metallic” as not a happy one in describing it. This I pointed out to the maker some time ago, and termed it an avitreous thermometer, as glass plays no part in its construction beyond that of a protector to the dial. The certificates of verification are printed with the instrument so designated, and probably the erroneous term will soon drop out of use. I must also crave permission to correct a misprint in your correspondent's statement with regard to the number of avitreous thermometers verified here up to the present date: for 500 read 300.
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WHIPPLE, G. Re Immisch's Thermometer. Nature 34, 239 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/034239c0
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