Meteorological instrumentation rain gauge. In 1714, Gabriel Fahrenheit creates a reliable scale for measuring temperature with a mercury-type thermometer. In 1742, Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, proposed the 'centigrade' temperature scale, the predecessor of the current Celsius scale. In 1783, the first hair hygrometer is demonstrated by Horace-Bénédict de Saussure. In 1806, Francis Beaufort introduced his system for classifying wind speeds. The April 1960 launch of the first successful weather satellite, TIROS-1, marked the beginning of the age where weather information became available globally. This was also used to measure the temperature of the surrounding air. A thermometer measures air temperature, or
Celsius 41.11 flabby white men defending their own bloodthirsty opportunism". Selecting it as one of the five worst films of 2004, Matthew Lucas of "The Dispatch" (Lexington) said of the film, "Displaying nowhere near the artistic flair that Michael Moore possesses, this film shows you that no matter what your political affiliations are, Moore makes a much more entertaining case." Celsius 41.11 Celsius 41.11 is a 2004 political documentary film inspired by, and partially in response to Michael Moore's film "Fahrenheit 9/11". The title was chosen because, according to the makers of the movie, 41.11 °C is "The Temperature at Which the