[pure-silver] Re: Basic Chemistry
- From: "Peter Badcock" <peter.badcock@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:42:16 +1000
Note that I said "relative to absolute zero". DegC IS only offset relative
to 0degK, whereas degF is scaled AND offset relative to 0degK.
Peter
2008/6/16 Nicholas O. Lindan <nolindan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> "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.
>
>
>
> ==
> Nicholas O. Lindan
> Cleveland Engineering Design, LLC
> Cleveland, Ohio 44121
>
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