From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Mar 2 3:47:59 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from hand.dotat.at (sfo-gw.covalent.net [207.44.198.62]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64C3337B718 for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2001 03:47:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fanf@dotat.at) Received: from fanf by hand.dotat.at with local (Exim 3.20 #3) id 14Yo24-0000uB-00; Fri, 02 Mar 2001 11:47:36 +0000 Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 11:47:36 +0000 From: Tony Finch To: "Daniel C. Sobral" Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/units units.1 Message-ID: <20010302114736.C412@hand.dotat.at> References: <3A9E26B2.196CD018@newsguy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3A9E26B2.196CD018@newsguy.com> Organization: Covalent Technologies, Inc Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org "Daniel C. Sobral" wrote: > >The size is different, but the scale was created by defining what 0 and >100 degrees F represented, just like Celsius. I thought Farenheit was defined based on 0 and 96, since when it was invented it was much easier to make the graduations on a thermometer by divisions of 2 and 3 rather than 2 and 5. Tony. -- f.a.n.finch fanf@covalent.net dot@dotat.at SHANNON: EAST OR SOUTHEAST 4, BUT 5 TO 7 IN SOUTH. WINTRY SHOWERS. GOOD. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message