Thermometer high coefficient of expansion) for the first time and the quality of his production could provide a finer scale and greater reproducibility, leading to its general adoption. In 1742, Anders Celsius (1701–1744) proposed a scale with zero at the boiling point and 100 degrees at the freezing point of water, though the scale which now bears his name has them the other way around. French entomologist René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur invented an alcohol thermometer and temperature scale in 1730 that ultimately proved to be less reliable than Fahrenheit's mercury thermometer. The first physician that put thermometer measurements to clinical
Gabriel Daniel accuracy, Daniel had the advantage of consulting valuable original sources. His "Histoire de la milice française", etc. (1721) is superior to his "Histoire de France". Daniel also wrote a reply to Pascal's "Provincial Letters", entitled "Entretiens de Cleanthe et d'Eudoxe sur les lettres provinciales" (1694); two treatises on Descartes' theory as to the intelligence of the lower animals, and other works. Gabriel Daniel Gabriel Daniel (8 February 1649 – 23 June 1728) was a French Jesuit historian. Born in Rouen, he was educated by the Jesuits, entered the order at the age of eighteen, and became superior at Paris. He