upsetting thermometer

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Upsetting thermometer \Up*set"ting ther*mom"e*ter\
   A thermometer by merely inverting which the temperature may
   be registered. The column of mercury is broken and, as it
   remains until the instrument is reset, the reading may be
   made at leisure.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
    

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