In the early 1900s, thermometers were a popular advertising give-away. There were no newscasts reporting on the weather, so it was handy for people to check the temperature on a thermometer before ...

The result: all three thermometers were still fully functional. According to Gustavo Savino, Service Manager at Tadeo Czerweny S.A, he was eager to express his enthusiasm for the high-quality these ...

Dear Action Line: What are you supposed to do with mercury waste? My grandparents still have the old-style mercury thermometers. Isn't mercury dangerous? -- M.C., Tulsa.

In addition, she'd give it the old thermometer shake. The mercury in those thermometers always read whatever it read the last time it was used, so to get a new reading, the mercury had to be ...