| Job Title |
Thermometer Tester |
| Job Description |
Heats And Cools Thermometers To Test Flow Of Mercury, Remove
Excess Mercury, And Establish Calibration Reference Points:
Places Thermometer Alternately Into Hot Water And Crushed Ice
And Rubs Thermometer Across Corrugated Pad To Force Excess
Mercury And Mercury Vapor From Thermometer Into Temporary Top
Chamber Of Thermometer. Spins Thermometer In Centrifuge To Force
Remaining Mercury Back Into Bulb At Bottom Of Thermometer.
Observes Rise And Fall Of Mercury Column And Rejects Thermometer
If Particles Of Mercury Or Dirt Cling To Bore, Or Bore
Constrictions Prevent Specified Rise And Fall Of Mercury. Heats
Thermometer At Two Known Temperatures And Marks Height Of
Mercury Column On Tube As Reference Points For Calibration.
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