The great Italian scientist Galileo may have been the first person to use a telescope to observe the heavens, helping spark the scientific revolution of the 16th century, but Galileo definitely did not invent the famous thermometer and captivating curiosity that bears his name.
Secondly, what was Galileo’s first thermometer called?
[Galileo did invent a thermometer, called Galileo’s air thermometer (more accurately called a thermoscope), in or before 1603.]
Similarly, who invented the thermometer in 1592?
Who invented thermometer in 1714?
He is best known for inventing the alcohol thermometer (1709) and mercury thermometer (1714) and for developing the Fahrenheit temperature scale; this scale is still commonly used in the United States.
Who is invented thermometer?
1612: Santorio Santorio – the first thermometer
The Italian, Santorio Santorio (1561-1636) is generally credited with having applied a scale to an air thermoscope at least as early as 1612 and thus is thought to be the inventor of the thermometer as a temperature measuring device.