Timeline of temperature and pressure measurement technology - Definition and Overview

1592 - Galileo Galilei builds a crude thermometer using the contraction of air to draw water up a tube
1612 - Santorre Santorio puts thermometer to medical use
1643 - Evangelista Torricelli invents the mercury barometer
1714 - Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the mercury in glass thermometer
1821 - T.J. Seebeck invents the thermocouple
1864 - Henri Becquerel suggests an optical pyrometer
1885 - Calender-Van Duesen invented the platinum resistance temperature device
1892 - Henri-Louis Le Châtelier builds the first optical pyrometer

Example Usage of temperature
	shawnsWeather: Wind 0.0 mph SSW. Barometer 978.5 mb, Falling slowly. temperature 8.7 °C. Rain today 0.0 mm. Humidity 80%
	_NewYorkNY: temperature up: 38°F -> 50°F, humidity down: 57% -> 41%
	wetterannernet: Wind 1,8 km/h NE. Barometer 996,7 hPa, Falling slowly. temperature 6,2 °C. Rain today 0,0 mm. Humidity 83%

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Example Usage of temperature