Mathematician:Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit

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Mathematician

Dutch-German-Polish physicist, engineer, and glass blower.

Best known for inventing the mercury-in-glass thermometer.

Developed the Fahrenheit temperature scale.


Nationality

Polish


History

  • Born: 24 May 1686 in Danzig/Gdańsk, in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • Died: 16 September 1736 in The Hague, Dutch Republic


Definitions

Definitions of concepts named for Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit can be found here.


Publications

  • 1724: Experimenta circa gradum caloris liquorum nonnullorum ebullientium instituta ("Experiments done on the degree of heat of a few boiling liquids") (Phil. Trans. Vol. 33: pp. 1 – 3)  www.jstor.org/stable/103730


Also known as

His first name can sometimes be seen rendered as Daniele.


Sources