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Joseph-Nicolas Delisle was a French astronomer and cartographer. Delisle is mostly known for the Delisle scale, a temperature scale he invented in 1732.
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science · French astronomer and cartographer (1688–1768) · astronomer · cartographer · professor · physicist · geographer · oceanographer · scientist · university teacher · translator · also Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, Joseph Nicholas De Lisle, Joseph Nicolas de L'Isle, Delisle
Born 4 April 1688 · Died 11 September 1768 · Q431485
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MutualArt.com: Joseph Nicolas Delisle
Died 1768-09-11.
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Career landmark: teacher (1719).
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Career landmark: professor (1718).
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Career landmark: adjunct professor (1716).
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Born 1688-04-04.
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