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Thread #154159   Message #3615916
Posted By: Doug Chadwick
06-Apr-14 - 04:41 AM
Thread Name: BS: Celsius -Fahrenheit
Subject: RE: BS: Celius -Fahrenheit
Intersesting correspodences are 16C=61F....28C=82F.

....give or take a bit.   16oC = 60.8oF
                                    28oC = 82.4oF

The problem with the Celsius scale is that 1 degree is such a large change in temperature.

From experience, 1 degree Fahrenheit appears to be the "sensible" change in temperature. If I think "it's getting a bit warm/cold in here" then the temperature has changed by about 1oF (assuming that I'm not in a draught). Hence the unusual number of 180 degrees between freezing and boiling compared to Celsius's convenient 100 degrees.

DC