Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 11:47:36 +0000 From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/units units.1 Message-ID: <20010302114736.C412@hand.dotat.at> In-Reply-To: <3A9E26B2.196CD018@newsguy.com> References: <XFMail.010228235054.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <3A9E26B2.196CD018@newsguy.com>
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"Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> wrote: > >The size is different, but the scale was created by defining what 0 and >100 degrees F represented, just like Celsius. I thought Farenheit was defined based on 0 and 96, since when it was invented it was much easier to make the graduations on a thermometer by divisions of 2 and 3 rather than 2 and 5. Tony. -- f.a.n.finch fanf@covalent.net dot@dotat.at SHANNON: EAST OR SOUTHEAST 4, BUT 5 TO 7 IN SOUTH. WINTRY SHOWERS. GOOD. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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