He used a tube of mercury and marked the height of the mercury when placed in an ice bath as 0 degrees celsius, when he placed the tube in a boiling, he marked the height of mercury and called that 100 degrees celsius, he marked it linearly between 0-100 degrees celsius
The fossil fuels such as oil originate mostly from aquatic organism and are extracted on oil rigs located in oceans and seas. Most of the oil is procured this way.
acids are corrosive since they tend to destroy every single thing they do get a big example is the acidic rain which tends to corrode iron sheet thus making them to appear worn out and full of rust