Facts about Fahrenheit
Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), a German physicist who did most of his work in the Netherlands.
Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), a German physicist who did most of his work in the Netherlands.
Fahrenheit is sometimes used by older generations, especially for measurement of higher temperatures.
That change was made to easily convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit and vice versa, with a simple formula.
Fahrenheit supporters assert its previous popularity was due to Fahrenheit's user-friendliness.
According to Oregon Trail Statistics, by William E. Hill, the figures rocketed from 13 in 1840, to 1,475 four years later, nearly doubled the following year, and hit 4,000 in 1847.
Fahrenheit noted that his scale placed the freezing point of water at 32 °F and the boiling point at 212 °F, a neat 180 degrees apart.
Fahrenheit wanted to avoid the negative temperatures that Ole Rшmer's scale had produced in everyday use.
The Fahrenheit scale was the primary temperature standard for climatic, industrial and medical purposes in most English-speaking countries until the 1960s.
Some key temperatures relating the Fahrenheit scale to other temperature scales are shown in the table below.
On the Fahrenheit scale, the freezing point of water is 32 degrees Fahrenheit (°F) and the boiling point is 212 °F (at standard atmospheric pressure).