Why is it advised not to hold the thermometer by its bulb while reading it
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It advised not to hold the thermometer by its bulb while reading it because the actual reading of human body temperature will get affected. This is for the reason that level of Mercury raises due to human body temperature. The standard way to hold the thermometer is from its top end.
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Why it is advised not to hold the thermometer by its bulb while reading it?
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It is commonly advised and practised by everyone to hold the thermometer by its top end not the bulb but why?
• Because the temperature is determined by the mercury inside it and if we hold the thermometer by its bulb,the bulb will take the temperature of our hand resulting in the inaccurate measurement of the person's temperature that is being taken.
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