The American's bravely resisted them, and only 30 of Washington's men were killed. At length, Gen. De Villiers offered up terms of surrender to the American's. Washington accepted the honorable terms, and he and his army were allowed to leave with all their equiptment, and provisions.
oral thermometer a clinical thermometer that is placed under the tongue. recording thermometer a temperature-sensitive instrument by which the temperature to which it is exposed is continuously recorded. rectal thermometer a clinical thermometer that is inserted into the rectum.
Clinical Thermometer (or doctor's thermometer) is used for measuring a person's temperature. The temperature range that is marked on a clinical thermometer is about 35oC to 43oC (or 95oF to 109oF). The space above the mercury column in the thermometer is originally vacuum (but may contain some mercury vapor later).