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

First proposed 18 years after Fahrenheit put his temperature scale forward, Anders Celsius’s original plan was to have zero represent the boiling point of water at sea level, and 100 to be the ...

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 ...

If you've ever tried to tell your friends about the weather in another country, there is likely one number that becomes a ...

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 ...