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Gabriel David Fahrenheit 1686-1736 German physicist and instrument maker who invented the mercury thermometer (in 1714) and developed the Fahrenheit temperature scale. The thermometer, however, was no... Read more
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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit 1686-1736 German-Dutch Instrument Maker Daniel Fahrenheit is famous for the temperature scale that bears his name and for developing the first mercury thermometer. He also es... Read more
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Fahrenheit, Daniel Gabriel (1686-1736) Dutch physicist Daniel Fahrenheit invented the first truly accurate thermometer using mercury instead of alcohol and water mixtures. In the laboratory, he used h... Read more