The Celsius scale

A) is used exclusively in the United States.
B) places freezing at 0° and was formerly called centigrade.
C) was developed by the British physicist Lord Kelvin.
D) was developed by Fahrenheit, who also developed the alcohol and mercury thermometers.
E) places freezing at 32° and boiling at 212°.


B

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