Webb17 maj 2016 · At roughly the same time, in 1732, French astronomer Joseph Nicolas de l'Isle (Delisle, 1688--1768) developed a mercury thermometer, using the boiling point of water as the zero of his scale. The gradation was defined by the contraction of mercury: one degree was a volume reduction of 1/100000. WebbThe mercury-in-glass or mercury thermometer was invented by physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit in Amsterdam (1714). ... (212 °F) and the freezing point at 100 °C (32 °F).One year later, Frenchman Jean-Pierre Christin proposed to invert the scale with the freezing point at 0 °C (32 °F) and the boiling point at 100 °C (212 °F) ...
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http://www.ownguru.com/blog/inventions-and-their-inventors/ Webb1 mars 2024 · By the early 18th century as many as 35 different temperature scales had been devised. The German physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit in 1700–30 produced accurate mercury thermometers … eaton 844-000
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Webb14 okt. 2024 · In the 1640s the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinand II, may have been the first to rid the thermometer of the complicating influence of the atmosphere — his big improvement was to seal up its end. 11 (The invention of a separate barometer was rather more convoluted. We’ll get to that in a bit.) WebbResearch has shown that maps in the western literature were first produced in 6200 B.C. The first Greek scholar to invent a geographical map was Anaximander (610-546 BC) and the concept of longitude and … http://www.hevac-heritage.org/electronic_books/thermometer_history/thermometer_history.pdf eaton 9084a17g02