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Possible error in \"Temperature Scales\"

StR
StR Member Posts: 1
in THE MAIN WALL
The article <A href="http://www.heatinghelp.com/newsletter.cfm?Id=127">"Temperature Scales"</a> seems to have some inaccuracies.

<blockquote>There was a guy named Delisle who was also into thermometers. He introduced the Delisle scale (ever hear of it?) in 1724. He was following dead on the heels of Gabe Fahrenheit and he, like Celsius, decided to call the boiling point of water zero degrees. He also figured that 100 degrees should be the temperature of a cellar in the Paris Observatory. But on what day? Hmmm.


In spite of that wacky decision, this became the scale that Russia chose to use for many years. They eventually switched to the Reaumur scale. Ren

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  • Matt Clina
    Matt Clina Member Posts: 90
    While you're at it Dan

    Can you release the rest of your medical records? I'm not so sure you deserved that last purple heart.
  • DaveC
    DaveC Member Posts: 201
    At least Dan never...

    shot a guy in the back!
  • Matt Clina
    Matt Clina Member Posts: 90
    But did he ever

    shoot at cattle, just for fun?
  • Brad White_2
    Brad White_2 Member Posts: 188
    Was not fun

    it was recreation. What a nuance.
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