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 (comics) "New 52" reboot Celsius first appeared in "Justice League" vol.2 #24, along with Negative Woman and Tempest being watched by Grid. Then in "Justice League" vol.2 #27 she is mentioned in a conversation by Scorch and Karma as being presumably killed off by Johnny Quick and Atomica. But in "Justice League" vol.2 #34 Lex Luthor tells The Chief that she and Tempest have faked their own deaths to escape from the Doom Patrol. In the "Watchmen" sequel "Doomsday Clock", Celsius was in India when a metahuman arms race in light of "The Superman Theory" and became the leader of The