Celsius Made His Thermometer Upside Down

Celsius never devised nor used the scale that now bears his name. Veritasium is now on Patreon: Special thanks to Michael Stevens of Vsauce! More info about Celsius and temperature scales: References for this video: A History of the Thermometer and its uses in Meteorology by W. E. Knowles Middleton Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold by Tom Shachtman The Science of Measurement, A Historical Survey by Herbert Arthur Klein Lehrbuch der Chemie by Jöns Jakob Berzelius Special Thanks to the Uppsala University Museum I filmed this in Uppsala in the summer of 2012! So I’ve been thinking about this idea for a very long time. I’m glad to finally have it out there in the world.