Object of precision The original Delisle thermometer that Celsius marked with his 100-degree scale. (Courtesy: Museum Gustavianum, photograph by Mikael Wallerstedt) On Christmas Day in 1741, when ...
Happy Birthday, Anders Celsius! This is the story of an astronomer ... The SI unit we use today to measure temperature was introduced by Celsius in 1742 when he proposed his now-famous temperature ...