On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, James R. Frysinger wrote: > ... Mercury thermometers do indeed measure changes in volume of the > contained mercury. Not true, Jim, if "measure" means "reads out in units of", or "is calibrated in units of" as Joe suggests and I endorse. Your meaning of "measure" seems to be "uses the phenomenon of" which is of *no interest* to almost all *user* of measuring devices, although of necessary importance to the designers and manufacturers of the devices. Gene.
