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thermoscope

British  
/ ˈθɜːməˌskəʊp, ˌθɜːməˈskɒpɪk /

noun

  1. a device that indicates a change in temperature, esp one that does not measure the actual temperature

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The 'micro-tasimeter,' a delicate thermoscope, was constructed in 1878, and is the outcome of Edison's experiments with the carbon button.

From Heroes of the Telegraph by Munro, John

The conversion of this open, air-expansion thermoscope into the modern thermometer was accomplished by the Florentine Accademia del Cimento about 1660.

From The Introduction of Self-Registering Meteorological Instruments by Multhauf, Robert P.

The instrument shown in his sketch resembles a Galilean thermoscope.

From The Introduction of Self-Registering Meteorological Instruments by Multhauf, Robert P.

Torricelli's apparatus, unlike Galileo's thermoscope, represented the barometer in essentially its classical form.

From The Introduction of Self-Registering Meteorological Instruments by Multhauf, Robert P.

To turn a modern thermometer into a thermoscope we need only remove the figures from its scale.

From Man or Matter by Lehrs, Ernst

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