crossover - the appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience; a jazz-classical crossover album. church music, religious music - genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies.
Fahrenheit invented the mercury thermometer in 1714, but it is unknown exactly how many he made. It divided the freezing and boiling points of water into 180 degrees. 32Â°F was the freezing point of water and 212Â°F was the boiling point of water, set by Fahrenheit himself. 0Â°F was based on the temperature of an equal mixture of water, ice, and salt. Fahrenheit based his scale on the temperature of the human body.
Galileo Galilei invented the thermometer in late 1593, well before many of his other inventions and discoveries, which occurred for the most part after 1600.ater Developments. One problem with the thermometer was that there were no numbers on its face. Santorio Santorio, a colleague of Galileo, created the numerical scale and was the first person to measure human temperature with a thermometer.