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Boyle hypothesizes a theoretical extreme to temperature on earth.
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Guillaume Amontons calculates absolute zero to be -240 degrees celsius.
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Laoplace and Lavoisier place absolute zero at 3000 degrees below 0. Their refutation of Amontons thermometer is widely accepted.
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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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