REAUMUR TEMPERATURE SCALE


Meaning of REAUMUR TEMPERATURE SCALE in English

scale established in 1730 by the French naturalist Ren-Antoine Ferchault de Raumur (16831757), with its zero set at the freezing point of water and its 80 mark at the boiling point of water at normal atmospheric pressure. Use of the Raumur scale was once widespread, but by the late 19th century it had been supplanted by other systems.

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