Scientists Flashcards

1
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produced the sealed liquid-in-glass
thermometer with alcohol filling but without a scale in use.

A

1654 Ferdinand II = (Grand
Duke of Tuscany)

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2
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invented the first modern thermometer, the mercury thermometer.
Its standard scale is called
Fahrenheit.

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1714 Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit = (German physicist)

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3
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invented
the absolute temperature scale, which was later named
Kelvin scale.
This scale is commonly used in scientific applications.

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1848 Lord Kelvin

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4
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invented the Celsius scale.
The Celsius temperature is also referred to as centigrade.

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1742 Anders Celsius=(Swedish astronomer)

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5
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invented the ear thermometer.

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1984 Theodore Hannes = pioneering biodynamicist and flight surgeon),

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6
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Also known as Count Rumford, was an Anglo - American physicist, statesman, and inventor.
He was best known for his investigations on the nature of heat.

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BENJAMIN THOMPSON

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