You are recognizing his contribution to the rational measurement of temperature, just like we recognize Diesel for the fuel we prefer, Farads for capacitance, Ohms for resistance, Hertz for frequency instead of cps, etc. ---
On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:21 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Centigrade is a more accurate name for it. Cent=100 grade = root > for gradient => scale. Centigrade means 100 gradients between > freezing and boiling, or where liquid water changes to solid and where > liquid water becomes gaseous. > > Celcius makes no sense. I owe nothing to that swede, whoever he was. > > > fmiser via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > December 31, 2019 at 12:12 AM > >>> Clay wrote: > > > >>> ... temps dropping to -17c over the past week. > >> Craig wrote: > >> > >> Why do you quote the temperatures in Centigrade and not > >> Fahrenheit? > > Maybe because he is a sensible fellow and recognizes a good idea > > when he sees it? > > > > And the currently correct name is "Celsius", named after the > > Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius who developed a similar > > temperature scale in the 1700s > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
