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Re:Death by Inches: The battle over the metric system in Ame... by peterkelly on Saturday August 09, 2014 @12:27PM (#8157218)
Celsius...

0: Freezing point of water

100: Boiling point of water

A lot more precise than the rationale you proposed.

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Re:Death by Inches: The battle over the metric system in Ame... by hatandsocks on Saturday August 09, 2014 @02:43PM (#8157646)
> 100: Boiling point of water

Nope! Boiling point of water at 760 Torr. In contrast, Fahrenheit uses a frigorific 1:1:1 mixture of water, ice and ammonium chloride as the second reference point, which does not depend on ambient pressure.

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Re:Death by Inches: The battle over the metric system in Ame... by XorNot on Saturday August 09, 2014 @04:35PM (#8157945)
But which conversely no one in day to day life ever uses or is likely to come across, whereas the vast majority of the world's population still lives as close as it can to sealevel.
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Re:Death by Inches: The battle over the metric system in Ame... by rasz_pl on Saturday August 09, 2014 @05:54PM (#8158111)
>1:1:1 mixture of water, ice and ammonium chloride

mmm, my proffered drink! I always keep one handy in the kitchen.

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Re:Death by Inches: The battle over the metric system in Ame... by peterkelly on Saturday August 09, 2014 @02:53PM (#8157681)
I stand corrected.
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