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Almanac: Fahrenheit's birthday

Name: Almanac: Fahrenheit's birthday
Uploaded: 2015-05-24T09:12:00-0400
Duration: 1 min 47 s
Description: On May 24th, 1686, European physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, who used purified mercury to create the first modern thermometer, was born. Charles Osgood reports.

On May 24th, 1686, European physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, who used purified mercury to create the first modern thermometer, was born. Charles Osgood reports.