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    Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit FRS (/ˈfærənhaɪt/; German: [ˈfaːʁn̩haɪt]; 24 May 1686 – 16 September 1736) was a physicist, inventor, and scientific instrument...
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    The Fahrenheit scale (/ˈfærənhaɪt, ˈfɑːr-/) is a temperature scale based on one proposed in 1724 by the European physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736)...
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  • Gabriel Fahrenheit which is used in the United States. Fahrenheit may also refer to: Fahrenheit (Toto album) Fahrenheit (Fahrenheit album) Fahrenheit...
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  • Mr. Fahrenheit may refer to: Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit A song lyric from "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen A nickname for Freddie Mercury from Queen Mr. Fahrenheit...
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    politician Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), Polish physicist and engineer Gabriel Kaplan (born 1944), American comedian and poker player Gabriel Lippmann...
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    Naturalized French Curie 2004 Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736) Physicist Polish Naturalized Dutch Fahrenheit 1998 Enrico Fermi (1901–1954) Physicist...
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    southeast. The crater is named after German-Dutch physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit. It was previously designated Picard X. The crater Picard is located...
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    Outer Mongolia, with inconclusive results. 1724: Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit proposes the Fahrenheit temperature scale. 1725: Austro-Spanish alliance revived...
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    ISBN 0-471-89383-8 page 4 Encyclopædia Britannica "Science & Technology: Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit" [1] Encyclopedia of World Biography "Gabriel Fahrenheit"...
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    when Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit adapted a thermometer (switching to mercury) and a scale both developed by Ole Christensen Rømer. Fahrenheit's scale is still...
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  • Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit constructed alcohol thermometers which were reproducible (i.e. two would give the same temperature) 1714 — Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit...
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    The Fahrenheit hydrometer is a device used to measure the density of a liquid. It was invented by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), better known...
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    Other contenders are Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608–1679) and Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736). A heliostat designed by George Johnstone Storey is in...
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    century, when Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit produced a mercury thermometer and scale, both developed by Ole Christensen Rømer. Fahrenheit's scale is still in...
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    responsive to changes in temperature as spirits.: 36–38  In 1713, Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit began experimenting with mercury thermometers. By 1717, he was making...
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  • created an enclosed thermometer that used alcohol circa 1654. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), a Polish-born Dutch physicist, engineer, and glass blower...
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  • and published in 1910 and letters of correspondence between Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit and Herman Boerhaave were not uncovered in 1936. These documents demonstrate...
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  • Ettingshausen Arnold Eucken Hans Heinrich Euler Paul Peter Ewald Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit Heino Falcke Hans Falkenhagen Lutz Feld Claudia Felser Klaus Fesser...
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  • relative power levels – Alexander Graham Bell degree Fahrenheit (°F), temperature – Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit degree Rankine (°R), temperature – William John...
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    ice and body temperature. In 1714, scientist and inventor Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invented a reliable thermometer, using mercury instead of alcohol...
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    hotter is the same. Black related an experiment conducted by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit on behalf of Dutch physician Herman Boerhaave. For clarity, he then...
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    containing mercury were invented in the early 18th century by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, though earlier attempts at making temperature-measuring instruments...
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    John Porteous, Scottish captain (b. c. 1695) September 16 – Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, German physicist and inventor (b. 1686) September 26 – Louise Diane...
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    of Sciences) (in Swedish). 3: 171–180. 1742. Celsius family Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Celsius, Anders" . Encyclopædia Britannica...
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    Bernard, French billionaire (d. 1753) May 24 – Gabriel Fahrenheit, German physicist, inventor of the Fahrenheit temperature scale (d. 1736) May 25 – William...
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  • John Porteous, Scottish captain (b. c. 1695) September 16 – Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, German physicist and inventor (b. 1686) September 26 – Louise Diane...
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    (1729-1796), physicist Christian Goldbach (1690-1764), mathematician Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686-1736), physicist and engineer Franz Carl Achard (1753-1821)...
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  • Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first reliable thermometer, using mercury instead of alcohol and water mixtures 1724 – Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit proposes...
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    claimed to be able to measure temperatures to within 1⁄200 of a degree Fahrenheit (3 mK). Such precision was certainly uncommon in contemporary experimental...
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    Benedykt Sobieski, 1677, Polish prince Jacob Theodor Klein, 1685 Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, 1686–1736, physicist and engineer Daniel Gralath, 1708, physicist...
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