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Gabriel Fahrenheit


 

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (born May 24, 1686, Gda?sk; died September 16, 1736, The Hague, Netherlands), was a Polish physicist and an engineer born in German speaking family, who worked for most of his life in the Netherlands. The Fahrenheit scale of temperature is named after him.

References

  • G.D.Fahrenheit / R.-A.F.de Réaumur / A. Celsius by Horst Kant, 1984.