Who created Réaumur’s thermometer scale?
Three different thermometer scales which were defined in the 18th century are still known today: the ones of Fahrenheit, Réaumur and Celsius. But it turns out that Réaumur's scale as it is known today was not created by Réaumur but by Jean Andre Deluc. This note tries to explain why Deluc'...
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| description | Three different thermometer scales which were defined in the 18th century are still known today: the ones of Fahrenheit, Réaumur and Celsius. But it turns out that Réaumur's scale as it is known today was not created by Réaumur but by Jean Andre Deluc. This note tries to explain why Deluc's name is forgotten today, and why Deluc's scale has become known as Réaumur's scale. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-85bd9529dcaa496e91f8563555ff35fe2024-02-08T08:28:16ZengBorntraegerMeteorologische Zeitschrift0941-29482000-08-019318518710.1127/metz/9/2000/18588671Who created Réaumur’s thermometer scale?S. EmeisThree different thermometer scales which were defined in the 18th century are still known today: the ones of Fahrenheit, Réaumur and Celsius. But it turns out that Réaumur's scale as it is known today was not created by Réaumur but by Jean Andre Deluc. This note tries to explain why Deluc's name is forgotten today, and why Deluc's scale has become known as Réaumur's scale.http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/metz/9/2000/185réaumurcelsiusthermometer scale |
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| title | Who created Réaumur’s thermometer scale? |
| title_full | Who created Réaumur’s thermometer scale? |
| title_fullStr | Who created Réaumur’s thermometer scale? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Who created Réaumur’s thermometer scale? |
| title_short | Who created Réaumur’s thermometer scale? |
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| topic | réaumur celsius thermometer scale |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/metz/9/2000/185 |
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