sensitive part of the instrument, the free end being fastened to a rod inside the
tube (see Fig. 6.8). The rod is made of a metal alloy which is hardly affected
by heat, so that expansion or contraction of the brass tube due to heating or
cooling will be fully transmitted to the end of the rod, where it operates
contacts through a lever. The contacts work on the micro-gap principle, so
only a small movement of the brass tube is required to open or close them.
Various devices are used to make the action positive, such as by fitting a
small permanent magnet close to the contact arm, and there are different
ways of varyin
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