Absolute Zero

By sjcoulter

  • Robert Boyle publishes "New Experiments and Observations touching Cold"

    Robert Boyle publishes "New Experiments and Observations touching Cold"
    Boyle hypothesizes a theoretical extreme to temperature on earth.

  • Mercury Spring Experiments

    Mercury Spring Experiments
    Guillaume Amontons calculates absolute zero to be -240 degrees celsius.

  • Treatise on Heat

    Treatise on Heat
    Laoplace and Lavoisier place absolute zero at 3000 degrees below 0. Their refutation of Amontons thermometer is widely accepted.

  • Kelvin Scale

    Kelvin Scale
    Lord Kelvin uses independent physical properties based on atomic theory to propose an absolute scale placing zero at -273 degrees celsius. Almost identical to the modern value of 173.15.
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