Re: [pinhole Origin of Fahrenheit]

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From: Steven Eiger (eiger@montana.edu)
Date: Sat Dec 11 1999 - 05:52:11 PST 

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From: Steven Eiger <eiger@montana.edu>
Subject: Re: [pinhole Origin of Fahrenheit]

I am not certain of the exact mixture, but you are basically right by my
memory, 0 F was the coldest temperature that could be created in the lab at
the time, and it was with some iced slurry of something. Eiger

>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 0ƒF 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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