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: Chemical Publishing Company, 1900 | For decades mercury thermometers were a mainstay in many testing laboratories |
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] The origin of a prime invention is sometimes obscured by the failure of the discoverer to claim definitely the product of his inspiration owing to the fact that he himself failed to appreciate its high importance and its utility | He later moved to the at age 15, where he spent the rest of his life 1701—1736 |
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