![]() ![]() The scale is now usually defined by two fixed points: the temperature at which water freezes into ice is defined as 32 ☏, and the boiling point of water is defined to be 212 ☏, a 180 ☏ separation, as defined at sea level and standard atmospheric pressure. ![]() Further limits were established as the melting point of ice (32 ☏) and his best estimate of the average human body temperature (96 ☏, about 2.6 ☏ less than the modern value due to a later redefinition of the scale). The lower defining point, 0 ☏, was established as the temperature of a solution of brine made from equal parts of ice and salt. Several accounts of how he originally defined his scale exist. It uses the degree Fahrenheit (symbol: ☏) as the unit. ![]() The Fahrenheit scale is a temperature scale based on one proposed in 1724 by Amsterdam-based physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), after whom the scale is named. Let's see how both units in this conversion are defined, in this case Fahrenheit and Celsius: Fahrenheit (☏) ![]()
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