Fahrenheit Scale
The 18th century was a significant year in the history of temperature measuring devices, when Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, a German instrument maker, invented the mercury and alcohol thermometers. The limitations of the alcohol thermometer were overcome by the mercury thermometer. In the Fahrenheit scale, Gabriel Fahrenheit based on his recordings, experiments, and data, concluded 0 as the temperature of his mixture; 32 as the temperature of water and ice; and 212, as the boiling point of water. He arrived at the number 212 to be the boiling point of water by chance.
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