BS 6985:1989
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Specification for dual-scale and ovulation clinical maximum thermometers (mercury-in-glass, enclosed scale)
Hardcopy , PDF
30-11-2010
English
15-04-2001
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Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
1 Scope
2 Temperature scales
3 Type of thermometer
4 Scale ranges and scale interval
5 Materials
6 Manufacture
7 Scale lines and numbering
8 Maximum permissible errors
9 Dimensions
10 Influence of immersion time
11 Inscriptions
12 Accompanying slip
Appendices
A Determination of the average zero point depression
B Thermometric glasses approved by the National
Physical Laboratory
C Testing of British Standard clinical thermometers
Table
1 Requirements for thermometer types
2 Thermometric glass approved by the National Physical
Laboratory
Figures
1 General design of enclosed-scale clinical
thermometers
2 Examples of preferred style of scale lines and
numbering
Dimensional limits, materials, errors, graduation and inscriptions. Thermometers for general use, for ovulation thermometers in °C and dual-scale (°C and °F) general purpose thermometers. Gives wording for accompanying slip to be distributed with the thermometers. Complements BS 691.
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LBI/1/2
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 87/50493 DC (06/2004) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, April, 2005. (03/2005)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
14
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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