The American's bravely resisted them, and only 30 of Washington's men were killed. At length, Gen. De Villiers offered up terms of surrender to the American's. Washington accepted the honorable terms, and he and his army were allowed to leave with all their equiptment, and provisions.
oral thermometer a clinical thermometer that is placed under the tongue. recording thermometer a temperature-sensitive instrument by which the temperature to which it is exposed is continuously recorded. rectal thermometer a clinical thermometer that is inserted into the rectum.
Oral thermometers are colored blue, while rectal thermometers are colored red. The difference in color along with the shape of the bulb helps prevent a rectal thermometer from being mistaken for an oral one, eliminating the potential spread of fecal bacteria into the mouth.