Daniel Fahrenheit
1686–1736
Dutch-German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer.
Daniel Fahrenheit (1686–1736) was a physicist, born in Gdańsk and died in The Hague.
- Known as
- Physicist
- Category
- Scientists & Inventors
- Born
- 1686, Gdańsk
- Died
- 1736, The Hague
Alive at the same time as Daniel Fahrenheit
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