Who created Reaumur's thermometer scale?

Authors
Emeis, S
Citation
S. Emeis, Who created Reaumur's thermometer scale?, METEOROL Z, 9(3), 2000, pp. 185-187
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
METEOROLOGISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT
ISSN journal
09412948 → ACNP
Volume
9
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
185 - 187
Database
ISI
SICI code
0941-2948(2000)9:3<185:WCRTS>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Three different thermometer scales which were defined in the 18th century a re still known today: the ones of Fahrenheit, Reaumur and Celsius. But it t urns out that Reaumur's scale as it is known today was not created by Reaum ur but by Jean Andre Deluc. This note tries to explain why Deluc's name is forgotten today, and why Deluc's scale has become known as Reaumur's scale.