Hi
Gang:
While
it is not the basis of the Fahrenheit scale, I like to think
of it as a human scale. Below 0? and above 100? are both life
threatening.
Carl.
On 9/19/2023 11:11 AM, Ian Adam wrote:
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Some very
interesting points here, but I should make some observations.
With
temperature, Fahrenheit¡¯s scale was based on the coldest
temperature that he could achieve using a mixture of salt and
ice. He then decided to ¡®pin¡¯ an upper value as an average human
body temperature which he called 100 (from my school days) or
90, later redefined as 96 (Wikipedia). Why these values? Who
knows. Later the scale was redefined against water to the scale
that we know now.
Carl