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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.
