Actually Anders Celcius was not the one who devised the Centrigrade scale :)
The centigrade scale existed for at least 2,000 years I believe. It was supposedly in use in the Library of Alexandria. Celcius actually just tagged his name to it. Originally it wasn't his idea. After all lots of people before him thought about setting a scale of temperature based on 0 being the freezing point of water and 100 being the boiling point. -William In a message dated 1/10/2003 7:35:05 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Subj:RE: [Hornlist] very warm in Iowa > Date:1/10/2003 7:35:05 AM Pacific Standard Time > From:<A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]";>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> > Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]";>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> > To:<A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]";>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > At 8:24 AM -0700 1/10/03, Loren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Yes, I subtracted 32 instead of adding it in my head. 40F = 40C. > > New Math? > > 40F = 4.444444444444444642C > > 40C = 104F > > Better - > > Cold > > Nice > > Hot > > Forget Celsius, Centigrade and Fahrenheit. > > Celsius, Anders. 1701-1744. > Swedish astronomer who devised (1742) the centigrade thermometer. > > Fahrenheit, Gabriel Daniel. 1686-1736. > German-born physicist who invented the mercury thermometer (1714) and > devised the Fahrenheit temperature scale. (What on earth was he thinking > when he did this?) > > Carlberg Jones > Colima, Col., Mexico > Tel. 001-52-312-330-3531 (machine okay) > Cel. 001-52-312-320-1701 (please don't leave a message - I never check) > > > _______________________________________________ > Horn mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/listinfo/horn > _______________________________________________ Horn mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/listinfo/horn
