Why so much interest in an analog thermometer when a digital one will do much better. In fact digitals are now relatively inexpensive and they can transmit data to displays inside buildings from the outside. Mercury thermometers are no longer sold in the US because of poisoning potential.
Stan Doore ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Hooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 6:28 PM Subject: [USMA:28878] Fwd: A good outdoor thermometer? Begin forwarded message which I sent to Jason (I later decided others might be interested s0 I copied it for everyone): > > Jason Darfus wrote: >> Does anybody on this list have a source for a fashionable outdoor >> thermometer that preferably shows only degrees Celsius? > > I mentioned this to a friend who gave me the following response. Hope > it may be helpful.: > >> >> http://www.nznature.co.nz/catalogue.htm >> >> The above address is a New Zealand company. I order my thermometers >> from them and I like them. It's a device about 20 cm in diameter >> showing Celsius temps in the outer ring in large, easy-to-read >> numbers. It's a clear material that sticks right to the outside of a >> window, but it is read from inside. There is, however, and inner >> ring showing Fahrenheit temps. These don't stand out. The brand >> name shown on the thermometer is ElectroOprix, Inc. I have been >> paying $14.00 for them but they may be more now with the dollars's >> fall in value. They are delivered very quickly. >> > > > Regards, > Bill Hooper > Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA
