Date: 02 Mar 2001 14:16:36 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Cc: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/units units.1 Message-ID: <xzpr90gmhu3.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Tony Finch's message of "Fri, 2 Mar 2001 12:38:44 %2B0000" References: <XFMail.010228235054.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <3A9E26B2.196CD018@newsguy.com> <20010302114736.C412@hand.dotat.at> <xzp66hsnyuf.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20010302123844.G412@hand.dotat.at>
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Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> writes: > : "placing the thermometer in a mixture of sal ammoniac or sea > : salt, ice, and water a point on the scale will be found which is > : denoted as zero. A second point is obtained if the same mixture > : is used without salt. Denote this position as 30. A third point, > : designated as 96, is obtained if the thermometer is placed in > : the mouth so as to acquire the heat of a healthy man." (D. G. > : Fahrenheit,Phil. Trans. (London) 33, 78, 1724) Heh. Only if you define "healthy" as "hypothermiac". DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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