Talk:Anders Celsius

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[edit] Birthplace

Somebody changed birthplace from Uppsala to Ovanåker, but according to the article in Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, he was born in Uppsala. What source exists for giving Ovanåker as the birthplace? up+land 20:07, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Which 27 November was he born on? Of Swedish, Julian, or Gregorian calendar?--Jusjih 10:53, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Scale

didnt his scale have 0 for boiling and 100 for freezing?

Yes, that's right. / Fred-Chess 14:01, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
The text does not reflect that Celsius had the scale with 0 C as boiling water and melting ice at 100C.! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.146.196.20 (talk) 13:38, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Birthdate

A lot of other links state that Anders Celsius was born January 27th 1701, e.g. http://www.surveyor.in-berlin.de/himmel/Bios/Celsius-e.html, not November 27th 1701 - so which birth date is the correct one?

Anders Celsius was born on the 27th of November in 1701. It is stated so in the Nordisk familjebok, Sweden's most comprehensive encyclopedia of all times. The link - http://runeberg.org/sbh/celsiand.html Twangdrinking (talk) 21:09, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
We should assume that this document used the then-Swedish calendar? (see Swedish calendar) Cowbert (talk) 05:38, 8 January 2008 (UTC)