[pure-silver] Re: Basic Chemistry
- From: "Nicholas O. Lindan" <nolindan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:38:20 -0500
"Peter Badcock" <peter.badcock@xxxxxxxxx>
Slight error in my post - only degF is scaled and offset, whereas degC is
just offset (relative to absolute zero)
They are both scaled and offset. There is no 'natural' scale of
temperature.
Degrees C is the temperature range of liquid water as 0 - 100C, and
there is nothing special in the universe about that.
Degrees F sets 0 - 100 as the range of normally encountered
outdoor temperatures in Germany.
Degrees Réaumur is the French riposte to Fahrenheit, where 0 - 80 is
the range of liquid water. It was found to be royalist, executed
in the French revolution, and replaced with the centigrade scale.
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Nicholas O. Lindan
Cleveland Engineering Design, LLC
Cleveland, Ohio 44121
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