Daniel gabriel fahrenheit short biography

Physicist and engineer

Daniel Gabriel FahrenheitFRS (; German:[ˈfaːʁn̩haɪt]; 24 May 1686 – 16 September 1736)^[1] was a physicist, inventor, and scientific instrument maker, born in Poland to a family of German extraction.

Fahrenheit invented thermometers accurate and consistent enough to allow the comparison of temperature measurements between different observers using different instruments.^[2] Fahrenheit is also credited with inventing mercury-in-glass thermometers more accurate and superior to spirit-filled thermometers at the time.

Daniel gabriel fahrenheit short biography

The popularity of his thermometers led to the widespread adoption of his Fahrenheit scale attached to his instruments.^[3]

Biography

Early life

Fahrenheit was born in Danzig (Gdańsk), then in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

The Fahrenheits were a German Hanse merchant family who had lived in several Hanseatic cities. Fahrenheit's great-grandfather had lived in Rostock, an