Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 23:47:16 +0000 From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/units units.1 Message-ID: <20010302234716.J412@hand.dotat.at> In-Reply-To: <xzpr90gmhu3.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> References: <XFMail.010228235054.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <3A9E26B2.196CD018@newsguy.com> <20010302114736.C412@hand.dotat.at> <xzp66hsnyuf.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20010302123844.G412@hand.dotat.at> <xzpr90gmhu3.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> wrote: >Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> writes: >> : "placing the thermometer in a mixture of sal ammoniac or sea >> : salt, ice, and water a point on the scale will be found which is >> : denoted as zero. A second point is obtained if the same mixture >> : is used without salt. Denote this position as 30. A third point, >> : designated as 96, is obtained if the thermometer is placed in >> : the mouth so as to acquire the heat of a healthy man." (D. G. >> : Fahrenheit,Phil. Trans. (London) 33, 78, 1724) > >Heh. Only if you define "healthy" as "hypothermiac". Given that this was nearly 300 years ago and he was inventing the thermometer you have to give him a bit of slack :-) Tony. -- f.a.n.finch fanf@covalent.net dot@dotat.at WIGHT PORTLAND: EASTERLY 4 OR 5, OCCASIONALLY 6. 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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