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
- 1724: Experimenta & Observationes De Congelatione Aquae in Vacuo Factae (Phil. Trans. Vol. 33: pp. 78 – 84) www.jstor.org/stable/103744
- 1724: Materiarum Quarundam Gravitates Specificae, Diversis Temporibus ad Varios Scopos Exploratae (Phil. Trans. Vol. 33: pp. 114 – 118) www.jstor.org/stable/103751
- 1724: Araeometri Novi Descriptio & Usus (Phil. Trans. Vol. 33: pp. 140 – 141) www.jstor.org/stable/103760
- 1724: Barometri Novi Descriptio (Phil. Trans. Vol. 33: pp. 179 – 180) www.jstor.org/stable/103770
Also known as
His first name can sometimes be seen rendered as Daniele.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Fahrenheit degree
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Fahrenheit degree