On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Jacob Joseph wrote:
> Fahrenheit, Gabriel Daniel (1686-1736)... In 1717 he set himself up as
> an instrumentmaker in Amsterdam, and remained in the Netherlands for
> the rest of his life.
I once had the opportunity to play a Fahrenheit horn. It played ok, but
the scale was a little off, with A set at 212. Fahrenheit filled his
horns at the factory with alcohol, as was his custom when he manufactured
thermometers. So "bells up" was more like bottoms up.
{ David Goldberg: [EMAIL PROTECTED] }
{ Math Dept, Washtenaw Community College }
{ Ann Arbor Michigan }
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