Gabriel Daniel (ˈɡaːbrieːl ˈdaːnieːl). 1686–1736, German physicist, who invented the mercury thermometer and devised the temperature scale that bears his name
Relating to or based on a temperature scale that indicates the freezing point of water as 32° and the boiling point of water as 212° under standard atmospheric pressure.
Fahrenheit2
Scientific
German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer in 1714 and devised the Fahrenheit temperature scale.
Fahrenheit1
Cultural
A temperature scale according to which water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees. The scale was devised by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, an instrument maker of the eighteenth century, born in Germany.
Fahrenheit2
Cultural
A temperature scale, used primarily in the United States, in which the freezing point of water is 32 degrees and the boiling point 212 degrees. Temperatures in this scale are denoted by °F or, in scientific usage, F alone. (CompareCelsius.)
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Average summer air temperatures have climbed by about 3 degrees Fahrenheit since 1919, including an increase of 0.8 degrees over the past decade.
French media reported that, on April 6, two users profited when they correctly estimated that the weather in Paris would reach a high of 21° Celsius, or 70° Fahrenheit, that day under odd circumstances.
As for the mission, the Orion spacecraft carrying the four astronauts will hit the Earth’s atmosphere at about 24,000 miles an hour External link and heat up to roughly 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit External link.
