Why was Fahrenheit created?

Daniel Fahrenheit invented the mercury thermometer, which was the standard thermometer design for centuries. When designing a scale, he wanted to set zero as the lowest temperature he could acheive. According to tradition, he set it as the coldest day of winter in his hometown (Danzig, Germany). read more

The Fahrenheit scale is a temperature scale based on one proposed in 1724 by Dutch-German-Polish physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736). read more

The Fahrenheit scale, which measures temperature, was created by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686-1736), a German-Dutch scientist, in 1724. He devoted much of his life’s work to the measurement of temperature, and also invented the alcohol and mercury thermometers. read more