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Title: Anders Celsius


1
Anders Celsius
By Joshua Duvall
2
The Early Life
  • Born on November 27, 1701 in Ovanåker, Sweden
  • Died on April 25, 1744 in Uppsala, Sweden

Influences
  • His grandfather Magnus Celsius the mathematician
    and Anders Spole the astronomer were both
    professors at Uppsala University. His father,
    Nils Celsius, was also professor in astronomy.

3
Education Through The Years
  • Celsius first started showing an aptitude for
    mathematics at the age of seven, therefore, his
    parents enrolled him into a math school. He aced
    every course and decided to got to college for
    Astronomy because of his and his grandfathers
    love for the subject.
  • Celsius went to Uppsala University and studied
    astronomy. While in the university he showed
    excellent performance and when he was 29 he
    became a professor there.

4
Major Accomplishments
  • Invention of the Centigrade temperature system.
  • Accurate analysis of the Aurora Borealis using
    magnetic compasses.
  • Mapping of the Earths Torneå meridian to prove
    Newtons theory that the Earth was an ellipsoid
    flattened at the poles.

5
What Do Those Things Mean To You?
  • Absolutely nothing.
  • The Centigrade scale is the world-wide accepted
    measurement for temperate in science.
  • Absolutely nothing.
  • It is also used by millions of people everyday
    around the world in almost every country except
    the US, Liberia, and Burma (or Myanmar).
  • Absolutely nothing.
  • Absolutely nothing.

Green Countries using metric system (Celsius
scale) Black Countries Using British Imperial
System (Fahrenheit scale)
6
The Celsius Temperature Scale
  • F Fahrenheit (British Imperial System)
  • R Réaumur
  • C Celsiuss Original System
  • C Revised Celsius Scale

Celsius originally used 0 C to equal boiling
and 100 C to represent freezing, but after he
died, his lab assistant, Olof Hiorter, decided it
would be better reversed and made 0 C equal to
the freezing point of water and 100 C equal to
the boiling point of water.
7
In Closing
  • I believe that Anders Celsius is probably not in
    the top most important people in scientific
    history, but he has defiantly allowed the
    scientific community a simpler method of
    communication and measurement of scientific data.
    Allowing a scientist in London to understand the
    measurements of a scientist is say Botswana.
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