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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit [1] (14 May 1686 – 16 September 1736) was a physicist and engineer who determined a temperature scale now named after him.
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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit. Temperature Scales (Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit) By the early 1700s, at least 35 different temperature scales had been proposed.
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Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit. Born: 24-May-1686 Birthplace: Danzig, Poland Died: 16-Sep-1736 Location of death: The Hague, Netherlands Cause of death: unspecified

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Daniel Fahrenheit (1686-1736), German physicist. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit was born in Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland). He settled in the Netherlands and engaged in the manufacture of meteorological instruments. In 1714 he constructed the first thermometer employing mercury instead of alcohol. Using this thermometer, he devised the temperature scale now known by his name. Fahrenheit also invented a hygrometer of improved design. He discovered that other liquids besides water have a fixed boiling point and that these boiling points vary with changes in atmospheric pressure.