Galileo and his Invention of the Thermometer

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A quick informative demo, giving a brief overview of the philosopher Galileo, and his scientific discovery of the thermometer, which he made in 1602.

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English

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Young Adult (18-35)

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British (General) British (Received Pronunciation - RP, BBC)

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Like many other philosophers, who have greatly extended our knowledge of nature, Galileo had a remarkable aptitude for the invention of instruments designed for philosophical research. To facilitate his practical work, we find that in 1599, he had engaged a skilled workman who was to live in his house, and be constantly at hand to try Galileo’s devices, which were forever springing from his fertile brain. Among the earliest of his inventions appears to have been the thermometer, which he constructed in 1602. No doubt, this apparatus, in its primitive form, differed in some respects from the contrivance we call by the same name. Galileo at first employed water as the agent. Its expansion was the basis of the measure of temperature.