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Re: Wow, that's German!

Posted by 28 on 2002-July-06 09:40:23 EDT, Saturday
In reply to Wow, that's hot! posted by Concerned on 2002-July-05 20:15:59 EDT, Friday
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Hi Concerned,

While I agree that "zeitgeber" sounds Germanic, "Fahrenheit" was himself a German; Prussian to be exact. Here is a brief biography of him.
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"Biography of Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit
Fahrenheit, Gabriel Daniel. Born in 1686. Prussian experimental philosopher. Settled in Holland after traveling in England, Germany, and France. In 1720, it occurred to Fahrenheit to use quicksilver instead of spirits of wine in the construction of thermometers. By this substitution, the accuracy of the instrument was greatly enhanced. In 1724 Fahrenheit was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of London, and in the "Philosophical Transactions" of that year, there appeared several papers from his pen. Died 1736."

28 - who is happy that the "quicksilver" has gone down considerably on his fahrenheit thermometer in the last day of so.









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