Kids' Science Challenge #3 Question 2. Anders Celsius created the Celsius temperature scale. In 1742 his scale had 100 divisions. Boiling water and freezing water were at the two opposite end points on the scale. When he created the scale, did Celsius put boiling water at the 0 degrees point or at the 100 degrees point? Answer: 0 degrees Anders Celsius arranged his scale of temperature with the boiling point of water at zero (0) degrees. The position of the boiling point of water was later changed on the Centigrade scale as you will discover if you read the reference provided for this question. Correct answer received from: Benjie C., Randi E., Brian A.