Scientific pondering: Farenheit scale
Jan. 15th, 2004 10:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aribI just recently found out why the Farenheit system is numbered the way it is.
Zero degrees farenheit is the temperature at which water will freeze no matter how much salt you add to it. In other words, if the temperature outside is zero degrees farenheit or lower, use sand for traction instead of salt to melt.
100 degrees Farenheit was meant to be human body temperature, but it was later corrected down to the modern 98.6 degrees.
So, I know you can make a scale of any size in between any two points, but why did Farenheit decide to use these two points?
Zero degrees farenheit is the temperature at which water will freeze no matter how much salt you add to it. In other words, if the temperature outside is zero degrees farenheit or lower, use sand for traction instead of salt to melt.
100 degrees Farenheit was meant to be human body temperature, but it was later corrected down to the modern 98.6 degrees.
So, I know you can make a scale of any size in between any two points, but why did Farenheit decide to use these two points?