Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 158, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1913 — Heat Bursted Thermometer —Mercury Evaporates. [ARTICLE]

Heat Bursted Thermometer —Mercury Evaporates.

Mrs. W L- Frye placed a thermometer in front of their residence on Cornelia street a few days ago and the sun’s rays struck it and sent the mercury upward at a rapid rate and Lt soon expanded beyond the capacity, of the frail glass tube and bursted the top off. The mercury soon evaporated. Several cases of this kind have been reported from over the state, but this is the only case we have known in Rensselaer.