Just a note, Most schools are getting rid of these types of thermometers because they contain mercury. Newer mercury thermometers are encased in a coating of plastic. Most of our thermometers are of the newer type. These _appear_ to be the older type, so just handle them carefullly.
As an aside, mercury thermometers do tend to be more accurate over a wider range of temps than their alcohol counterparts . . . Mercury poisoning is not a joke. Just the teacher in me. FWI, Illinois Bill Mick Maguire wrote: > > Just thought I'd spread the info. this is a Dutch auction for some extremely > nice mercury thermometers. I bought 4 recently for my darkroom and can vouch > for them being new and really items, especially at the price. > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1341726009 > > I have no link to the seller other than my purchases. > > Regards, > /\/\ick... > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
