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From: Percival on 28 Feb 2005 21:05
On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 01:04:40 +0000, Beth wrote:

> Fahrenheit is completely arbitrary and is unrelated in value to anything
> "meaningful"...

It started with meaning, but due to measuring inconsistencies...

Well, lets put it this way :) 0 was supposed to be freezing, and 100 was
supposed to be body temp. Then it was realized that 32 was freezing by the
thermometers made, and 98.6 was body temperature. Meh, started with
reason, ended with none.

Percival
From: John Smith on 28 Feb 2005 21:38
Could one achieve absolute zero inside an absolute vacuum? With no matter,
there would be no atomic fluctuations. Though in practise, I suppose it
would be useless...and you could never knw for sure you achieved it...but
you seem to like to think.

JS


From: John Smith on 28 Feb 2005 21:35
It's the foot of snow I'm concerned about.

JS


"Evenbit" <nbaker2328(a)charter.net> wrote in message
news:1109612703.362324.138640(a)g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> PC>
> Pah, some of us are happy at (checks thermometer) -8 C.
>
> EB>
> Converting that for us civilized folk who use meaningful measurements,
> I get +17.6 F -- that's not too bad...let me know when it gets to about
> -23 C.
>
> Nathan.
>


From: 'o//'annabee on 28 Feb 2005 22:03
Pý Tue, 01 Mar 2005 01:04:40 GMT, skrev Beth
<BethStone21(a)hotmail.NOSPICEDHAM.com>:

> Fahrenheit "meaningful"? I think you've confused the two...

Agree with you Beth.

> But, of course, the _REAL_ way to measure temperature is in
> Kelvin...based
> on "absolute zero" - the lowest temperature that can possibly be - but,
> otherwise, is completely "compatible" with Celsius (literally, add 272 to
> "convert" from Kelvin to Celsius :)

:) http://www.pa.msu.edu/~sciencet/images/AbsoluteZero.jpg


> Beth :)
>
>



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From: Robert Redelmeier on 28 Feb 2005 22:27
Beth <BethStone21(a)hotmail.nospicedham.com> wrote:
> Fahrenheit is completely arbitrary and is unrelated in
> value to anything "meaningful"...

Not quite. G. Daniel Fahrenheit made the first temperature
scale, and he set 0 at the coldest mixture he could make with
ice, water and salt. 100 was set a normal human body temp
(but he goofed a bit). Both reasonable endpoints.

-- Robert
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