Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit concocted the Fahrenheit scale for measuring temperature in the year 1724, and he didn't stop there ...

In most of the world (except for the United States, Jamaica, and a few other countries), the degree Celsius scale is used for most temperature measuring purposes. The entire scientific world (the ...

In this interactive, create your own temperature scale by choosing fixed points of your own. Then see how your scale compares with the Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin scales.—Richard Pommier ...

In 1742, Anders Celsius defined a temperature scale in which the freezing point of water (at sea-level pressure) was taken as a lower reference point with a value of 0, with the difference between ...