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Gabriel Fahrenheit
Title: Gabriel Fahrenheit
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 533 | Pages: 2.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Gabriel Fahrenheit
Gabriel Fahrenheit
Gabriel Fahrenheit was born on May 14th 1686, in Danzig Germany. Danzig is now called Gdansk and is in the country of Poland. Gabriel Settled in Amsterdam in 1701 looking for a trade and became interested in the manufacture of scientific instruments. He was mainly interested in meteorological instruments. From the years 1701-1717 he spent his time wandering around Europe, meeting scientists, and other instrument makers. He stayed in the Netherlands for the rest of his …showed first 75 words of 533 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 533 total…three temperatures, from lowest to highest, are equal to -18°, 0°, and 100° on the Celsius temperature scale. The Celsius temperature scale is used by most of the world. We are the only country that uses the Fahrenheit system. Using his t!
hermometer, Fahrenheit measured the boiling point of various liquids. He found that each liquid had a characteristic boiling point, which changed with changes in atmospheric pressure. Fahrenheit died in The Hague, the Netherlands, on Sept. 16, 1736.
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