Which of these is an invention of Daniel Gabriel Farenheit?
The first modern thermometer, the mercury thermometer with a standardized scale, was invented by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit in 1714.
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit was the German physicist who invented the alcohol thermometer in 1709 and the mercury thermometer in 1714. In 1724, he introduced the standard temperature scale that bears his name—Fahrenheit scale—that was used to record changes in temperature in an accurate fashion.
The Fahrenheit scale divided the freezing and boiling points of water into 180 degrees; 32 degrees was the freezing point of water and 212 degrees was its boiling point. Zero degrees was based on the temperature of an equal mixture of water, ice, and salt. Fahrenheit based his temperature scale on the temperature of the human body. Originally, the human body temperature was 100 degrees on the Fahrenheit scale, but it has since been adjusted to 98.6 degrees.
His time period (1686-1736)
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Richard D. Boyle
Instant migraine from head slap.
Keith Richard Mears
He should have been given the courtesy of getting his name spelled correctly in the question and this begs another question of why it was not picked up in the, often ridiculously strict, process of review?
Richard D. Boyle
billyboy915, With that record, I’d have to agree.
earlepg
billyboy915, I immediately noticed the same. No doubt this time. Are we losing the original four? Will we be seeing two more "newcomers"?
billyboy915
earlepg,
By my count, there are possibly 3 new clones, all with similar stats. They are Abisha, Tanya, and another whose name escapes me. They all just joined in July or August, have submitted a ton of questions, yet have answered either one or NO questions. We are supposed to think they are players, but they are nothing more than pseudonyms for Quizzclub. A dead giveaway is the absurdity of the options. Their questions almost always have a correct answer percentage in the mid 90's because they are so easy.
earlepg
billyboy915, I agree on all counts. When I first encountered Lilly, I checked her stats. I have no doubt that I'll catch Abisha and Tanya soon (I don't always note the authors). Not that it matters, but I wonder if we are meeting new staff or if the "old" ones are just using new names.
billyboy915
Richard D. Boyle,
Abisha may be another new Quizzclub Clone. This one joined in August of this year, has submitted 10 questions, and has answered no questions. Their sole purpose is to pretend to be a player and write questions on behalf of Quizzclub, with options as infantile as David Wilkes, Carol Whites, brian l, and \\ZaiN//.
Richard D. Boyle
earlepg, I don’t believe any of them are new people. Name change and face lift but the fingerprints and dna are the same.
billyboy915
Richard D. Boyle,
I'm in total agreement.
billyboy915
earlepg,
I only check authors when the options appear too infantile. That's the hallmark of the Quizzclub Clones. If the options seem too condescending and easy, I look to see who wrote the question. I am invariably right when I check.
marilynmitri
I never understood why freezing water wasn't zero and boiling water wasn't one hundred.
His method seems unecessarily complex.
Micheline Ratcliffe
the name and the picture gave it away ... yet the thermometer was in Celsius gradings !!! I use Celsius like 99% of the rest of the world. F went out with the ark !
crdemarti
What is happening to the quality of these questions?????Who is in charge of the selection process? Anybody older than an infant?
Leader PM Imran Khan 🇵🇰
Hint in the name "Fahrenheit"
Beejay♥️♥️
Can't believe some people got it wrong
Judy Susag Cardwell
The name alone gives it away you sure didn't need to show a picture of the invention too and yet some people got it wrong.
Rebecca Woods
Well that's another throw away question.
lawrencefc
Robin Heckler, well said!
Andy Renny
Just can’t beat a question where you get the answer at the same time. There are, as yet, undiscovered tribes in the darkest depths of the Amazon rain forest that got that one right. Brian L, watch your back, there’s a new kid in town.
Joanne Serin
Joris van Pelt, Metric might be easy if that's what you grew up with. But having British and Fahrenheit in our brains makes it difficult to convert and to picture metric measurements, esp. in cooking, with hundreds of grams vs. teaspoons or cups.
Randi Alexander
Who’s buried in Grant’s tomb😜
Carl Belken
billyboy915, I'd double upvote your comment if I could!
L Lh Adams
Joris van Pelt, Have you ever considered that the rest of the World are Gobshites? Especially the UK,who changed from the "British System" ,pure Gobshites!!
fdeisner
The digital or electronic outdoor thermometer is the most modern and is also considered to be the most accurate. Inside the thermometer is a thermoresistor that alters its resistance according to the temperature. Infrared thermometer is another more modern thermometer.
shootit
Harrison Linda, There’s a more modern one now?