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then stood thus: Zéro that of ice and sait mixed, 8° for 

 freezing, 24° for human body, and 53° for boiling. He 

 then further extendet the scale by dividing each degree 

 into four parts, so if it is multiplied by four we bave 

 the scale now in use, 32° for freezing, 96° for the body, 

 and 212° for boiling. In this way the thermometer 

 seems to hâve been evolved. Subsequently thèse degrees 

 were still found to be too large for accurate measure- 

 ment, and so were divided into ten parts each. This 

 is a modem innovation, for the décimal System did not 

 come into vogue for many years after Fahrenheits time. 



This information is gained from Encyclopaedia 

 Britanica, and I apprehend that the writer of the ar- 

 ticle must bave obtained it from authentic sources — from 

 the writings of Fahrenheit himself or from some of its 

 contemporaines. This thermometer, ivhich I always re- 

 gardée as an abomination, is now looked upon by me 

 with a great and two-fold interest. 



Im Anschluss führt er noch eine andere Erklärung 

 an, die er aber verwirft. Er bemerkt weiter: 



I cannot but hope that it is correct, for I must 

 admit that to a certain extent „my wish is father to the 

 thought." For the future, whenever I see a thermometer 

 in use to mark the température of the body, I shal be 

 reminded, that it was first used for this purpose in order 

 to mark the starting point of the scale from which all 

 other températures were to be reckoned. At the same 

 time there will be the pleasing remembrance that it was 

 our great Newton who, in all probability, suggested the 

 température of the body as the starting or determinate 

 point in the thermometer, and marking it by the round 

 number 12. 



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