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  2. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit - Wikipedia

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    Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit FRS (/ ˈ f ær ə n h aɪ t /; German: [ˈfaːʁn̩haɪt]; 24 May 1686 – 16 September 1736) [1] was a physicist, inventor, and scientific instrument maker, born in Poland to a family of German extraction.

  3. Tachograph - Wikipedia

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    The tachograph was originally introduced for the railways so that companies could better document irregularities. The inventor was Max Maria von Weber, a civil servant, engineer and author. The Daniel Tachometer has been known in the railway industry since 1844. [1] The Hasler Event recorder was introduced in the 1920s. [citation needed]

  4. Timeline of temperature and pressure measurement technology

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    1709 — Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit constructed alcohol thermometers which were reproducible (i.e. two would give the same temperature) 1714 — Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the mercury-in-glass thermometer giving much greater precision (4 x that of Rømer). Using Rømer's zero point and an upper point of blood temperature, he adjusted the ...

  5. Tachometer - Wikipedia

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    A tachometer (revolution-counter, tach, rev-counter, RPM gauge) is an instrument measuring the rotation speed of a shaft or disk, as in a motor or other machine. [1] The device usually displays the revolutions per minute (RPM) on a calibrated analogue dial, but digital displays are increasingly common.

  6. List of German inventors and discoverers - Wikipedia

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    Wilhelm Bauer: Inventor and engineer, who built several hand-powered submarines. Eugen Baumann: He was one of the first people to create polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and, together with Carl Schotten, he discovered the Schotten-Baumann reaction. Carl Baunscheidt: Inventor of the Lebenswecker ("life awakener") or "artificial leech".

  7. Timeline of time measurement inventions - Wikipedia

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    1676 - Daniel Quare, a London clock-maker, invents the repeating clock, that chimes the number of hours (or even minutes). [7] 1680 - Second hand introduced; 1737 - John Harrison presents the first stable marine chronometer, thereby allowing for precise longitude determination while at sea

  8. Diedrich Uhlhorn - Wikipedia

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    Uhlhorn was an engineer, mechanic and inventor, who invented in 1817 the first mechanical tachometer. [1] [2] Between 1817 and 1830 he was inventor of the Presse Monétaire (level coin press known as Uhlhorn Press) which bears his name. [3]

  9. John Frederic Daniell - Wikipedia

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    Daniell was born in London.In 1831 he became the first professor of chemistry at the newly founded King's College London; and in 1835 he was appointed to the equivalent post at the East India Company's Military Seminary at Addiscombe, Surrey. [1]