Nowadays manufacturers will often use a thermostat bath or solid block where the temperature is held constant relative to a calibrated thermometer. Other thermometers to be calibrated are put into the same bath or block and allowed to come to equilibrium, then the scale marked, or any deviation from the instrument scale recorded.
Amy Winehouse 's boyfriend Reg Traviss has said the late singer had no interest in drugs during their time together.
Cocaine killed TV pitchman Billy Mays, autopsy finds. Oxy Clean pitchman Billy Mays visited New York shortly before his death. Hyperactive pitchman Billy Mays used cocaine days before his heart attack - and it killed him, officials said Friday. Mays, 50, suffered from heart disease but his drug use contributed to his June 28 death, the Hillsborough County medical examiner said.