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A device for measuring temperatures at a distance is:

  1. gas thermometer
  2. mercury thermometer
  3. radiation pyrometer
  4. maximum-minimum thermometer

Correct answer: radiation pyrometer

Solution

A radiation pyrometer measures temperature from the thermal radiation an object emits, so it can work at a distance. The other thermometers require direct contact with the substance being measured.

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