Gabriel David Fahrenheit
1686-1736
German physicist and instrument maker who invented the mercury thermometer (in 1714) and developed the Fahrenheit temperature scale. The thermometer, however, was no...
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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
1686-1736
German-Dutch Instrument Maker
Daniel Fahrenheit is famous for the temperature scale that bears his name and for developing the first mercury thermometer. He also es...
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Fahrenheit, Daniel Gabriel (1686-1736)
Dutch physicist
Daniel Fahrenheit invented the first truly accurate thermometer using mercury instead of alcohol and water mixtures. In the laboratory, he used h...
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Fahrenheit invented the first truly accurate thermometer using mercury instead of alcohol and water mixtures. In the laboratory, he used his invention to develop the first temperature scale precise en...
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Fahrenheit invented the first truly accurate thermometer using mercury instead of alcohol and water mixtures. In the laboratory, he used his invention to develop the first temperature scale precise en...
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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first truly accurate thermometer using mercury instead of alcohol and water mixtures. In the laboratory, he used his invention to develop the first temperature s...
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The German instrument maker Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit (1686-1736) made the first reliable thermometers. The temperature scale he originated is named after him.Born in Danzig on May 14, 1686, Gabriel F...
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