He was professor of astronomy at Uppsala University from 1730 to 1744 but traveled from 1732 to 1735 visiting notable observatories in Germany Italy and France. Subtract 32 then multiply by 5 then divide by. 0 was chosen as the boiling point of water and 100 as the freezing point by Celsius.
Daniel Fahrenheit was responsible for introducing the temperature scale that is known by his name.
Already as a student he assisted the astronomy professor Erik Burman in meteorology observations. It is named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius 17011744 who. In 1742 a Swedish scientist named Anders Celsius 1701-1744 devised a thermometer scale dividing the freezing and boiling points of water into 100 degrees. His father Nils Celsius was an astronomy professor.