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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.