Good luck with selling that to the rest of the world. And all for marginal
benefit (if in fact there is any practical benefit at all).
-----Original Message-----
From: Kaimbridge M. GoldChild
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 9:05 PM
To: US Metric Assn M
Subject: [USMA 303] Fahrenheit-Celsius Both Flawed
In terms of temperature measurement, it would seem that both the
Fahrenheit *and* Celsius scales are flawed.
In angle measurement, there is the raw radian—where 1 radian
along a circleʼs circumference equals its radius—and two other,
more user friendly magnitudes, the degree (D°) and centesimal
degree, or gradian (Hᵍ):
1ᵍ = .9°; 1° = 1.111111...ᵍ;
Right Angle = 90° = 100ᵍ;
Straight Angle = 180° = 200ᵍ;
Full Angle = 360° = 400ᵍ;
There are two modern temperature scales in use today, both based
on angle measurement, and each having two different
rates/intervals with different baselines or “offsets”—two for
degrees (Fahrenheit, “°F”, and Rankine, “°R”) and two for
gradians (Celsius, “°C”, and Kelvin, “K”, with no “ᵍ” or “°”).
Both Rankine and Kelvin are based on 0 being absolute zero (i.e.,
all thermal motion ceases), while Celsius is based on 0 being the
freezing point of water and Fahrenheit being the lowest freezing
point for brine (a specific salt water mixture).
One flaw (or at least discrepancy) is that the freezing-boiling
point spread for Fahrenheit is 180°/200ᵍ (a straight angle),
while for Celsius it is only 90°/100ᵍ (a right angle).
And with Fahrenheit, there is the “+32” offset.
Back when they adjusted and made Celsius the SI temperature
standard, wouldnʼt it have been better to create a “straight
angle” degree/gradian set (where º = Crtl+Shft+BA
and ᵍ = Crtl+Shft+1D4D), D°S or just Dº equals HᵍS or just Hᵍ,
and have either just gotten rid of the “32” and designated
Fahrenheit as being from 0-180° (rather than 32-212°) and used
that as the standard, or—if they particularly wanted a gradian
based scale—double what is now known as Celsius, so it would
range from 0-200ᵍ, thereby making it more precise than Fahrenheit
(since 1ᵍ = .9° and 1 °C = 2ᵍS = 1.8°S),
thus 45º = 45°S = 77 °F = 25 °C = 50ᵍS = 50ᵍ?
(Since it is a direct angle based scale, I would suggest that
there be no space between the number and °S/ᵍS.)
Or, if they wanted a degree scale corresponding to the gradian
Celsius, reduce Fahrenheit to half its size, without the offset:
1 °F_h = 2 °F, thus having a freezing-boiling point range of
0-90°F_h (0-100ᵍ)—though, as sometimes Celsius is expressed in
half increments, I would think either 0-180º or 0-200ᵍ would be
the best scale.
From all this, the following temperatures relate as such:
[ -491.67º =-459.67 °F = 0 °R = 0 K =-273.15 °C = -546.3ᵍ ]
| | | | |
0º = 32 °F = 491.67 °R = 273.15 K = 0 °C = 0ᵍ
9º = 41 °F = 500.67 °R = 278.15 K = 5 °C = 10ᵍ
18º = 50 °F = 509.67 °R = 283.15 K = 10 °C = 20ᵍ
----------------------------------------------------
22.5º =54.5 °F = 514.17 °R = 285.65 K =12.5 °C = 25ᵍ
30º = 62 °F = 521.67 °R ≈ 289.82 K ≈16.7 °C ≈33.3ᵍ
45º = 77 °F = 536.67 °R = 298.15 K = 25 °C = 50ᵍ
60º = 92 °F = 551.67 °R ≈ 306.48 K ≈33.3 °C ≈66.7ᵍ
66.6º =98.6 °F = 558.27 °R = 310.15 K = 37 °C = 74ᵍ
67.5º =99.5 °F = 559.17 °R = 310.65 K =37.5 °C = 75ᵍ
----------------------------------------------------
70º = 102 °F = 561.67 °R ≈ 312.05 K ≈38.9 °C ≈77.8ᵍ
90º = 122 °F = 581.67 °R = 323.15 K = 50 °C = 100ᵍ
180º = 212 °F = 671.67 °R = 373.15 K = 100 °C = 200ᵍ
Thus the extreme human “comfort zone” is about 25-75ᵍ
(22.5-67.5º), with a narrower, more moderate “comfort zone” of
about 30-60º (33.3-66.7ᵍ)!
Is/was such a °S and/or ᵍS scale in use or ever considered?
Finally, on the USMA temperature page, it says that “the freezing
and boiling temperatures of water are whole numbers, but not
round numbers as in the Celsius temperature scale”.
What does that mean?
~Kaimbridge~
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