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Celsius, Anders (1701–1744)


Anders Celsius
Swedish astronomer, chiefly remembered for his proposal (1742) of a centigrade temperature scale which had 100° for the boiling point and 0° for the freezing point of water. The modern centigrade temperature scale is known as the Celsius scale in his honor. Celsius was a strong supporter of the Gregorian calendar. In 1733 he published a collection of 316 observations of the Aurora Borealis made by himself and other astronomers.


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