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CHRONOLOGICAL EPITOME.
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| 1694 | Renaldini proposes freezing-point and boiling-point of water as fixed points in scale. |
| 1701 | Sir Isaac Newton's linseed oil thermometer. |
| 1702 | Amontons' researches. |
| 1709 | Fahrenheit's alcohol thermometers. |
| 1714 | Fahrenheit's mercury thermometers. |
| 1727 | Fowler's thermometers. |
| 1730 | Réaumur's thermometers. |
| 1733 | De Lisle's thermometer. |
| 1740 | Scale of Du Crest. |
| 1742 | Scale of Celsius. |
| 1743 | Christin reverses the scale of Celsius and thereby establishes the "Centigrade" scale. |
