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Olof Celsius the Younger (15 December 1716 – 15 February 1794) was a Swedish civil servant, church official, politician and historian. He was professor of history at Uppsala University from 1747, bishop of the Diocese of Lund from 1777, and member of the Swedish Academy from 1786. He was the son of Olof Celsius and cousin of Anders Celsius .
In the middle of the 18th century around 30 different temperature scales with various fixed points existed, but only the scales by Fahrenheit, Réaumur and Celsius have survived to the present time. Anders Celsius realized the need for well defined fixed points and he was exceptional in his careful measurements of these temperatures, the freezing and boiling points of water, thus creating a ...
May 1, 1997 · Anders Celsius and the fixed points of the Celsius scale. Olof Beckman 1. Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd European Journal of Physics, Volume 18, Number 3 Citation Olof Beckman 1997 Eur. J. Phys. 18 169 DOI 10.1088/0143-0807/18/3/007
Anders Celsius (November 27, 1701 – April 25, 1744) was a Swedish physicist and astronomer. He is known for devising a centigrade temperature scale, although different from the one on which the system used today is based, but which is called & # 34; Celsius & # 34; in memory of him.
Anders Celsius lived in 1701 – 1744; he grew up in a family of astronomers in Uppsala, but in rather poor circumstances. At the age of 28 he was appointed professor of astronomy, but his main interest was our own planet. Celsius first made a study tour to Germany, Italy, France and England during four years, then he participated in a French ...
The Celsius scale, also known as the centigrade scale, is a temperature scale based on 0 o for the freezing point of water and 100 o for the boiling point of water. This scale was first introduced by (and is named after) the Swedish physicist, astronomer, and engineer Anders Celsius. Initially, the celsius scale used 0 o in order to denote the ...
In Carolus Linnaeus: Early life and travels. …lectures; however, the university professor Olof Celsius provided Linnaeus access to his library. From 1730 to 1732 he was able to subsidize himself by teaching botany in the university garden of Uppsala. Read More. Other articles where Olof Celsius is discussed: Carolus Linnaeus: Early life and ...
