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Lowest temperature records graphed. Data from wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_low-temperature_technology and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_zero#History I use the Kelvin to graph as the celcius I did not fill in right at the end. If you know any records I do not have here please add them in the comments.
library(tidyverse)
library(ggthemes)
temp<-read_csv('Temperature.csv')
ggplot(data=temp, aes(x=Year, y=Kelvin, group=1)) +
geom_line() +
geom_point() +
expand_limits(y=0) +
xlab("Year") + ylab("Kelvin") +
ggtitle("Lowest Temperature Achieved")+
theme_minimal()+
theme(plot.title = element_text(hjust = 0.5))+
ggsave("temperature.png")
Year Name Celcius Kelvin
1845 Michael Faraday −130 °C 143.15
1877 Louis Paul Cailletet and Raoul Pictet −195 °C 78.15
1883 Zygmunt Wróblewski −218 °C 55.15
1898 Dewar −252 °C 21.15
1908 Onnes −269 °C 4.15
1909 Onnes −272 °C 1.6
1937 Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa −272 2.2
1949 S.G. Sydoriak −273 1.1
1972 David Lee −274 0.002
1995 Eric Cornell and Carl Wieman −274 0.000000170
1999 T.A. Knuuttila −274 0.0000000001
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