Thursday, July 1, 2010

TRIVIA BITS ...MERCURY THERMOMETER

TRIVIA BITS ...

MERCURY THERMOMETER

Mercury-thermometer

The mercury thermometer was invented in 1714 by Daniel Fahrenheit, a German physicist and maker of scientific instruments.

He also developed the Fahrenheit temperature scale in 1724, which is still commonly used in the United States to measure temperature.

Daniel Gabriel Lichard (1812 - 1882)

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