Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit | |
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Born | 24 Mey 1686 (in auld Breetish soorces as 14 Mey Auld Style) Danzig, (Gdańsk) Pols-Lithuanie Commonwealth |
Dee'd | 16 September 1736 The Hague, Netherlands | (aged 50)
Kent for | Fahrenheit temperatur scale, Fahrenheit hydrometer, first mercury-in-gless thermometer |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Pheesics, thermometry |
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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (/ˈfærənˌhaɪt/; German: [ˈfaːʀənhait]; 24 Mey 1686 – 16 September 1736) wis a German pheesicist, ingineer, an gless blower who is best kent for inventin the mercury-in-gless thermometer (1714), an for developin a temperature scale nou named efter him.[1]