Celsius to variations in barometric pressure. For example, an altitude change of only 28 cm (11 in) causes the boiling point to change by one millikelvin. Celsius The Celsius scale, also known as the centigrade scale, is a temperature scale used by the International System of Units (SI). As an SI derived unit, it is used by all countries except the United States, the Bahamas, Belize, the Cayman Islands and Liberia. It is named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who developed a similar temperature scale. The degree Celsius (°C) can refer to a specific temperature on the Celsius scale
Anders Sandvig Anders Sandvig Anders Sandvig (11 May 1862 – 11 February 1950) was a Norwegian dentist most noted for having founded Maihaugen, an innovative regional ethnological and architectural museum in Lillehammer, documenting the vernacular architecture of Gudbrandsdalen. Sandvig was born at Bud in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. He first worked as an apprentice with a jeweler in Kristiansund. He was trained as a dentist in Kristiansund with later training at the University of Oslo and in Berlin. He contracted tuberculosis and in 1885 moved to Lillehammer to started a dentist practice and promote his recovery. At this time he was the