1425811Evolution of the Thermometer — Table of Thirty-five Thermometer ScalesHenry Carrington Bolton

TABLE OF THIRTY-FIVE THERMOMETER SCALES.

Date. 1641 1641 1670 1688 1701 1702 1706 1709 1714 1709 1713 1715 1715 1717 1727
Name. Florentine I Florentine II Paris Dalencé (A) Newton Amontons (B) De la Hire (C) Fahrenheit I Fahrenheit II Poleni Barnsdorf Lange Kirch La Court Crucquins Royal Society (D) Fowler (E)
B.P. … 174 81.7 239 34 73 119.4 (212°) 62.9 1510
Blood heat … 73 37.5 102 12.5 59.2 89 90 96 52.8 13 24 22.7 45 1227
F.P. … 18.5 13.5 25 -10 0 51.5 23 -30 32 47.3 7 15 1070 73.3 -35
Zero F … -8 -8.5 11 -5.5 46 3 -90 0 44.5 -1 -1.7 1 1.5 992 85.9 -53
Notes … Air Air Air Air Linse'd Air Air Alcoh'l Hg Air
ADalencé, melting butter to 10 = 86 F.; medium 0 = 59 F.
BVan Swinden gives blood heat = 58.3; F.P. = 52; zero = 49.2
CVan Swinden gives blood heat = 83.1; F.P. = 31.8; zero = 9.25
DZero R.S. = 88 Fahr. Authorities differ greatly.
EZero Fowler = 52 Fahr.

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.