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This morning I telephoned Skyview to order a replacement sheathed max. thermometer and they told me that they were out of stock, and held little hope of obtaining a fresh supply. Perhaps this type of thermometers are becoming obsolete - I do hope not.

Nick Robinson,

Nicholas, Thank goodness I'm not the only one with Max.thermometer problems. During my years at sea serving on a Voluntary Reporting Ship, I only used the one max.thermometer, (replacements were readily available) - and that was with the rocking and rolling and banging of the ship in bad weather . J...

I've had a bad run with my sheathed maximum thermometers - three in twelve months. The first I broke while adjusting after the 0900 obs., and the second had an irremovable break in the mercury column, and now the third has a fault. When releasing the mercury column passed the constriction, I have to...