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TABLE OF THERMOMETER SCALES—(Continued).

Date. 1727 1729 1730 1731 1733 1739 1740 1742 1743 1747 1750 1758 1761 1772
Name. Hales (F) Richter Réaumur Edingburgh (G) De Isle Hanow Du Crest Ludolf Celsius Christin Miles Strömer Bergen Sulzer Brisson Sue de Lyon De Luc Murray (H)
B.P. … 163 80 47 0 100 0 100 100 174 156 347
Blood heat. … 52 47.2 30.8 22.2 96.5 90.1 22.8 89 64.3 35.5 64 35.5 56 30.9 35.6 28.5
F.P. … 0 18 0 8.2 150 30 10.4 32 100 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 99
Zero Fahr … -24.2 3.4 -14.2 2.04 176.2 0 -24.9 3.5 117 -17.7 -32 -17.7 -29 -15 -17.5 14
Notes … Alcoh'l Hg Hg Hg
FVan Swinden gives blood heat = 54.
GVan Swinden gives zero = 1.29.
HZero at F.P. of mercury.