What does the word fahrenheit mean?

Usage examples for fahrenheit

  1. At the same height I came to a hot spring- hot enough to burst one of my thermometers, which was graduated above the boiling point of Fahrenheit; and tying up an egg in a pocket- handkerchief and holding it by a stick in the water, it was hard boiled in 8. 5 minutes. – Unbeaten-Tracks-in-Japan by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
  2. Mercurial pyrometers for temperatures up to 1000 degrees Fahrenheit. – Steam, Its Generation and Use by Babcock & Wilcox Co.