Anders Celsius death, the scale was reversed by Carl Linnaeus to facilitate more practical measurement. Celsius originally called his scale centigrade derived from the Latin for "hundred steps". For years it was simply referred to as the Swedish thermometer. Celsius conducted many geographical measurements for the Swedish General map, and was one of earliest to note that much of Scandinavia is slowly rising above sea level, a continuous process which has been occurring since the melting of the ice from the latest ice age. However, he wrongly posed the notion that the water was evaporating. In 1725 he became secretary of the
Celsius 41.11 "Fahrenheit 9/11", as "well crafted" believing that, while Moore had angered the targets of his film he "went the extra mile, creatively, to do so". In contrast Kennicott described "Celsius 41.11" as "dull, lazy and inconsistent". "Celsius 41.11" was criticised for sharing some of what reviewers perceived to be the flaws of "Fahrenheit 9/11". For example, Desson Thomson of the "Washington Post" (although generally positive about "Celsius 41.11") said that in the case of both films "the spleen factor could poison small children". Writing in the "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" Duane Dudek said, "as with "Fahrenheit 9/11", it's impossible to separate