Daniel Fahrenheit

NAME OF INVENTORDESCRIPTION
Daniel FahrenheitFahrenheit invented thermometers accurate and consistent enough to allow the comparison of temperature measurements between different observers using different instruments. Fahrenheit is also credited with inventing mercury-in-glass thermometers more accurate and superior to spirit-filled thermometers at the time. The popularity of his thermometers led to the widespread adoption of his Fahrenheit scale attached to his instruments

NAMEDESCRIPTIONCITYSTATE/COUNTRY
BIRTHPLACEUL. OGARNA 95, GDAŃSK, OLD TOWN – HOUSEGHANDSKPOLAND
BAPTIZEDST MARY’S CHURCHGHANDSKPOLAND
SCHOOLST MARY’S SCHOOLGHANDSKPOLAND
SCHOOLGHANDSK GYMNASIUMGHANDSKPOLAND
DEATHPLACEHOUSE WHERE GABRIEL FAHRENHEIT DIED IN 1736, AT PLEIN SQUARE, THE HAGUEHAGUENETHERLANDS
BURIAL KLOOSTERKERK -CHURCHHAGUENETHERLANDS