The Galileo Thermometer Was Not Invented By Galileo 57
New submitter GregLaden writes "The object known as the Galileo Thermometer is a vertical glass tube filled with a liquid in which are suspended a number of weighted glass balls. As the temperature of the liquid changes, so does the density. Since each glass ball is set to float at equilibrium in a sightly different density of the liquid, as the temperature increases, each glass ball sinks to the bottom. It turns out that this thermometer was actually invented by a team of instrument inventors that formed a scientific society who had the impressive motto 'Probando e Reprobando,' which in English means 'testing and retesting.' The Accademia del Cimento operated under the leadership of the Grand Duke Ferdinand II from 1657-1667 in Florence, Italy. According to Peter Loyson, who has written a corrective article for the Journal of Chemical Education, Galileo did invent a temperature measuring device called a thermoscope."
Reading comprehension, you fail it (Score:2, Insightful)
Ancient Greeks invented thermometers
So? The Chinese invented gunpowder, too, but both facts are completely irrelevant to this article.
Nobody claimed Galileo invented the thermometer. He was incorrectly credited for the invention of the Galileo Thermometer.