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Why did Fahrenheit choose 32 and 212?

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In the Fahrenheit scale, water boils at 212 degrees. Fahrenheit is a temperature scale that bases the boiling point of water at 212 and the freezing point at 32. ... Because the mercury thermometer was more accurate, Fahrenheit decided to expand the Roemer scale by multiplying its values by four.Sep 24, 2013

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