Ole Rømer

Ole Christensen Rømer was a Danish astronomer who, in 1676, first demonstrated that light travels at a finite speed. Rømer also invented the modern thermometer showing the temperature between two fixed points, namely the points at which water boils and freezes.

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Who was born first?

• Ole Rømer was born 1 year before Nicolas Lemery
• Ole Rømer was born 2 years before John Flamsteed
• Ole Rømer was born 2 years before Elena Cornaro Piscopia
• Ole Rømer was born 2 years after Takakazu Seki
• Ole Rømer was born 2 years before Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Timeline

1. Takakazu Seki1642 – December 5, 1708
2. Ole Rømer (this page)September 25, 1644 – September 19, 1710
3. Nicolas LemeryNovember 17, 1645 – June 19, 1715
4. Elena Cornaro PiscopiaJune 5, 1646 – July 26, 1684
5. Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizJune 21, 1646 – November 14, 1716
6. John FlamsteedAugust 19, 1646 – December 31, 1719

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• Albert EinsteinMarch 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955
• Isaac NewtonDecember 25, 1642 – March 20, 1727
• Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAugust 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832
• Galileo GalileiFebruary 15, 1564 – January 8, 1642
• Immanuel KantApril 22, 1724 – February 12, 1804
• René DescartesMarch 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650
• Thomas EdisonFebruary 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931
• Marie CurieNovember 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934