Explain why the thermometer has thin walls on its bulb?

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The glass around the bulb in a clinical thermometer (the conventional one) is <span>thin because glass is not a good conductor of heat. The clinician and the
</span>patient don't want to wait half an hour to get a good temperature reading. By <span>using the thinner glass, the transfer of heat into the thermometer's fluid will</span>

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