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Interesting Facts About Celsius and Centigrade
The temperature scale created by Anders Celsius in 1742 was actually the reverse of the modern Celsius scale. Celsius' original scale had water boil at 0 degrees and freeze at 100 degrees. Jean-Pierre Christin independently proposed at temperature scale with zero at the freezing point of water and 100 was the boiling point (1743).
Celsius' original scale was reversed by Carolus Linnaeus in 1744, the year in which Celsius died.
The centigrade scale was confusing because "centigrade" was also the Spanish and French term for a unit of angular measurement equal to 1/100 of a right angle. When the scale was extended from 0 to 100 degrees for temperature, centigrade was more properly hectograde. The public was largely unaffected by the confusion. Even though the degree Celsius was adopted by international committees in 1948, weather forecasts issued by the BBC continued to use degrees centigrade until February 1985!
(I still think in Centigrade rather than Celsius. I speak in Celsius.)
There you go, talking in Celsius and not Fahrenheit. Every time I think of Celsius, I think of Cellulite not Fahrenheit.. but combined, what do we have? Celuheit? Kinda sound the same, right? ;) ;)
This post was edited by Merlin at June 4, 2018 6:41 AM MDT
Hard frosts are not uncommon, on clear nights. Adelaide has gone below freezing once in the 28 years I've been here, no snow - clouds act like a blanket and keep the daytime heat in. Australia does get snow but only at altitude.
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Ohhhh, the logical things you don't know of me Element 99. For, the curtly cut bangs and in my constant-thought eyebrows must dignify I hide my oxygen. The green on my shoulder speaks, I gather only the knowledge I need. Right now it is baking chocolate chip cookies. How is your blood sugar now, my earthling friend???
This post was edited by Merlin at June 3, 2018 7:12 AM MDT
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