A swedish astonomer born in 1701. Invented the Celsius Scale of Temperature. Died in 1744.
Yes, he did.
He used the "degree" as theunit of temperature. He based his standards for comparison on theproperties of water, the most abundant liquid on Earth. Celsiusassigned zero degrees to the temperature at...
Celsius is based off waters freezing and boiling point
He created the Celsius scale by determining when water boils and freezes. (100 and 0 degrees Celsius, respectively).