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In creating a new scale for the mercury thermometer, Anders Celsius initially set the boiling point of water at _____.
a.

b.
32°
c.
100°
d.
273°

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a. 0°

Celsius originally defined 0° as the boiling point and 100° as the freezing point; the scale was later inverted to the modern convention (0° freezing, 100° boiling).