Réaumur

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Réaumur [1]

French scientist, born in La Rochelle; made valuable researches and discoveries in the industrial arts as well as in natural history; is best known as the inventor of the thermometer that bears his name, which is graduated into 80 degrees from the temperature of melting ice to that of boiling water (1683-1757).

References

  1. ↑ Réaumur from The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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