Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit Biography

This Biography consists of approximately 2 pages of information about the life of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit.

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit Biography

This Biography consists of approximately 2 pages of information about the life of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit.
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World of Physics on Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first truly accurate thermometer using mercury instead of alcohol and water mixtures. In the laboratory, he used his invention to develop the first temperature scale precise enough to become a worldwide standard.

The eldest of five children born to a wealthy merchant, Fahrenheit was born in Danzig (Gdansk), Poland. When he was 15, his parents died suddenly and he was sent to Amsterdam to study business. Instead of pursuing this trade, Fahrenheit became interested in the growing field of scientific instruments and their construction. Sometime around 1707 he began to wander the European countryside, visiting instrument makers in Germany, Denmark, and elsewhere, learning their skills. He began constructing his own thermometers in 1714, and it was in these that he used mercury for the first time.

Previous thermometers, such as those constructed by Galileo and Guillaume Amontons, used combinations of alcohol and water; as the temperature...

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