>So I need to do this for a range of around room temp to a few hundred
>degrees F (say 160 deg C), and would like to select easy-to-find
>chemicals that have various boiling points in this range and would be
>safe for me to boil on a stove.  I have found a bunch on the internet
(example:
>http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/boiling-points-fluids-gases-24_155.html )
,
>but I'm not sure where to find much of these, and if they're safe to
>boil on a stove.

You may have more luck with looking at melting points. One I know is used
for calibrating in Gallium which has a melting point around 36C. Someone
posted a link recently which had an outfit that would sell a gram or two for
some horrendous price.

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