Hus-hålls almanach för skott-åhret efter Jesu Christi födelse, 1740. Vträknad til Stockholms meridian
Stockholm: Joh. Laur. Hornn, [1739]. 16mo, pp. [48] partially interleaved; printed in red and black; contemporary full calf, spine cracked and worn, but the binding is sound. National Library of Sweden only in OCLC. Anders Celsius (1701-1744) was known in his day for his astronomical skills and his studies of the aurora borealis, but he is famous today for his metereological observations and his construction of what is now the world famous Celsius thermometer, with 0 for the boiling point of water and 100 for the freezing point. After his death in 1744 the scale was reversed to its present form, but the Celsius thermometer and scale remain in daily use throughout much of the world. Item #39345
Price: $250.00
