CodaChroma@lemmy.world to Standardization@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoWow! It actually makes sense!i.imgur.comimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageWow! It actually makes sense!i.imgur.comCodaChroma@lemmy.world to Standardization@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareemhl@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoFahrenheit automatically disqualifies itself from being a serious unit, because it has an inconsistent scale
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThis reply really confuses me - in what way is the scale inconsistent?
minus-squareemhl@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoThe original definition is using three points: A random human’s body temperature defined 96°F Freezing point of Water defined 32°F A weird Water salt ice mixture to defined 0°F Because of that the scale of Fahrenheit was different above the Freezing point of water and below, requiring to redefine the temperature at the reference points multiple times (and not by an insignificant amount)
Fahrenheit automatically disqualifies itself from being a serious unit, because it has an inconsistent scale
This reply really confuses me - in what way is the scale inconsistent?
The original definition is using three points:
Because of that the scale of Fahrenheit was different above the Freezing point of water and below, requiring to redefine the temperature at the reference points multiple times (and not by an insignificant amount)