page_title: Temperature measurement
hierarchical_section_title: Temperature measurement
caption_attribution_description: Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit
context_page_description: Temperature measurement, also known as thermometry, describes the process of measuring a current local temperature for immediate or later evaluation. Datasets consisting of repeated standardized measurements can be used to assess temperature trends.
context_section_description: Temperature measurement, also known as thermometry, describes the process of measuring a current local temperature for immediate or later evaluation. Datasets consisting of repeated standardized measurements can be used to assess temperature trends.
caption: Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, the originator of the era of precision thermometry. He invented the mercury thermometer (first practical, accurate thermometer) and Fahrenheit scale (first standardized temperature scale to be widely used).
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