Jean-Pierre Christin

Events

1

Episodes

2

Years

1741–1742

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Jean-Pierre Christin, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Development of the Celsius Scale

   1741–1742

   Role: French physicist who inverted the scale in 1743

   1. 11741 · Uppsala Astronomical ObservatoryFounding of Uppsala Astronomical Observatory

      Celsius founded the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory in 1741, creating the institutional base for his work.

   2. 21742 · UppsalaProposal of Inverted Centigrade Scale

      Celsius proposed an inverted temperature scale in 1742 where 0 was boiling and 100 was freezing.

Sources

1. Celsius Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-04