Who Is Bimetallic Strip?

The bimetallic strip consists of two thin strips of different metals, each having different coefficients of thermal expansion. Thermal expansion is the property of a metal to change its shape or volume with a change in temperature. The metal strips are connected along their length by fusing them together or riveting.

Who invented bimetallic strip?

The invention of the bimetallic strip is generally credited to John Harrison, an eighteenth-century clockmaker who made it for his third marine chronometer (H3) of 1759 to compensate for temperature-induced changes in the balance spring.

What do you mean by a bimetallic strip?

noun. a strip consisting of two metals of different coefficients of expansion welded together so that it buckles on heating: used in thermostats, etc.