What was unusual about the original Celsius temperature scale?

quickfire

originallly it was 0 for the boiling point of water and 100 for the freezing point. After his death in 1744 the scale was reversed to its present form. Feb 16 04, 9:52 AM

Hamlet.

Right you are quickfire...it was Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778) who reversed the scale to what we use today. Feb 16 04, 9:57 AM

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