Ole Rømer Death Anniversary

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Ole Rømer died on 19 September, 1710

Danish astronomer who was the first make quantitative measurements which lead other scientists to calculate the speed of light. He was also the first to propose a temperature scale which was built upon by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit.