Re: [pinhole Origin of Fahrenheit]

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From: Geoff Ruth (geoffreyruth@usa.net)
Date: Fri Dec 10 1999 - 08:38:58 PST 

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Date: 10 Dec 99 08:38:58 PST
From: Geoff Ruth <geoffreyruth@usa.net>
Subject: Re: [pinhole Origin of Fahrenheit]

I think the person who invented it set 100 deg as the human body temperature
and 0 degrees as the temp at which a solution that was 50% salt/50% water by
mass would freeze at. Someone correct me if I have the details wrong about 0
deg F.

David Barrios <lobo@thegrid.net> wrote:
> Simple question: What is the origin of the Fahrenheit temperature scale
and
> does 0°F have any significance? (OK, that's two simple questions, although
> I'm sure they are more complicated than that)
>
> -- Mr. David Barrios
> Galileo Academy of Science and Technology
> San Francisco, Ca
>
>
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