Fahrenheit, Gabriel Daniel (1686-1736), a German physicist, developed the Fahrenheit temperature scale. He also made the thermometer more accurate by using mercury instead of mixtures of alcohol and water in the thermometer tube (see Thermometer).
Fahrenheit, Gabriel Daniel
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