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Date: Nov 27 00:02 2011

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Anders Celsius (27 November 1701 - 25 April 1744) was a Swedish astronomer. He was professor of astronomy at Uppsala University from 1730 to 1744, but travelled from 1732 to 1735 visiting notable observatories in Germany, Italy and France. He founded the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory in 1741, and in 1742 he proposed the Celsius temperature scale which takes his name. Read more __________________

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Date: Nov 27 19:35 2009

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Anders Celsius (27 November 1701 25 April 1744) was a Swedish astronomer. He founded the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory in 1741, and in 1742 he proposed the Celsius temperature scale which takes his name. Read more __________________

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