Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote
by umanwizard on Friday November 16, 2018 @01:20PM
(#18470692)
Yes, and water freezing is a totally arbitrary value.
Fahrenheit is scaled such that 0 is about the coldest it gets where I live, and 100 is about the hottest. (Very approximately, but close enough). That strikes me as a lot nicer in practice (since 99% of the time people are talking about temperature, it’s related to weather) than something based on the physical properties of a particular substance.
Also water freezing at 0 and boiling at 100 is only valid for a specific, non-metric, air pressure.
Fahrenheit is scaled such that 0 is about the coldest it gets where I live, and 100 is about the hottest. (Very approximately, but close enough). That strikes me as a lot nicer in practice (since 99% of the time people are talking about temperature, it’s related to weather) than something based on the physical properties of a particular substance.
Also water freezing at 0 and boiling at 100 is only valid for a specific, non-metric, air pressure.