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Anders Celsius

Born

in Uppsala, Sweden

November 27, 1701

Died

April 25, 1744

Website

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Celsius

Genre

Science, Astronomy, Physics

Influences

Carl Linnaeus ...more

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Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius in 1742 devised the centigrade thermometer.

This physicist and mathematician from 1730 served as professor at Uppsala University. In 1730, Celsius published the Nova Methodus distantiam solis a terra determinandi ( New Method for Determining the Distance from the Earth to the Sun ). His research also involved the study of auroral phenomena with Olof Hiorter, his assistant, and he first suggested a connection between the aurora borealis and changes in the magnetic field of the Earth. He observed the variations of a compass needle and found that larger deflections correlated with stronger auroral activity.

From 1716, he and other persons made 316 observations of the aurora borealis to 1732. At Nuremberg ...more

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	Nattens Paradis: Svenska Sallsamheter by Anders Celsius, Emanuel Swedenborg, Gabriel Israel Haftman 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Abhandlungen über Thermometrie: von Fahrenheit, Réaumur, Celsius by Daniel Fahrenheit, Anders Celsius liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Observationer om twänne beständiga Grader på en Thermometer 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1742	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Figur der Erden, Bestimmet durch die Beobachtungen der Herren von Maupertuis, Clairaut, Camus ... 1741 [Leather Bound] by Anders Celsius, Herren von Maupertuis 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1741	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Abhandlungen über Thermometrie,: von Fahrenheit, Réaumur, Celsius, (1724, 1730-1733, 1742) (German Edition) by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Anders Celsius 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Figur Der Erden, Bestimmet Durch Die Beobachtungen Der Herren Von Maupertuis, Clairaut, Camus, Le Monnier ...: Und Des Hrn. Abts Outhiers ... in ... Polar-Zirkel Angestellet by Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, Anders Celsius 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nattens paradis: Svenska sällsamheter by Rickard Berghorn (Red.), Anders Celsius, Emanuel Swedenborg 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Figur Der Erden, Bestimmet Durch Die Beobachtungen Der Herren Von Maupertuis, Clairaut, Camus, Le Monnier ...: Und Des Hrn. Abts Outhiers ... in ... Polar-Zirkel Angestellet by Maupertuis, Anders Celsius 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Abhandlungen uber thermometrie, von Fahrenheit, Re aumur, Celsius, (1724, 1730-1733, 1742) 1894 [Leather Bound] by Arthur V. Oettingen, Anders Celsius, Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Caroli Linnæi ... Oratio De Telluris Habitabilis Incremento: Et Andreae Celsii ... Oratio De Mutationibus Generalioribus Quae In Superficie Corporum Coelestium Contingunt... by Carl Linnaeus, Anders Celsius 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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