thermometer

Summary

thermometer ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (504 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• thermometer is credited with the discovery of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit^[2].
• thermometer is credited with the discovery of Hero of Alexandria^[3].
• thermometer's image is recorded as - Thermometer -.jpg^[4].
• thermometer's GND ID is recorded as 4185157-2^[5].
• thermometer's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85134802^[6].
• thermometer's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12162305w^[7].
• thermometer's subclass of is recorded as meteorological instrument^[8].
• thermometer's subclass of is recorded as laboratory equipment^[9].
• thermometer's subclass of is recorded as measuring instrument^[10].
• thermometer's has use is recorded as meteorology^[11].
• thermometer's has use is recorded as temperature measurement^[12].
• thermometer's Commons category is recorded as Measuring instruments (temperature)^[13].
• thermometer's Unicode character is recorded as 🌡^[14].
• thermometer's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 38668^[15].
• thermometer's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07mf1^[16].
• thermometer's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph126586^[17].
• thermometer's topic's main category is recorded as Q9582556^[18].
• thermometer's Commons gallery is recorded as Thermometer^[19].
• thermometer's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300198647^[20].
• thermometer's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 681.2^[21].
• thermometer's PSH ID is recorded as 3741^[22].
• thermometer's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10642328^[23].
• thermometer's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 380757^[24].
• thermometer's Iconclass notation is recorded as 22E4^[25].
• thermometer's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as weather:thermometer=yes^[26].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit^[2], a physicist^[27], 1686–1736^[28], of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth^[29], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society^[30], specialised in physics^[31] and Hero of Alexandria^[3], a mathematician^[32], 0010–0075^[33], specialised in geometry^[34].

Why It Matters

thermometer ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (504 views/month).^[1] thermometer has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] thermometer is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]