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Re: OT: Rant about degres Celsius (was: introduction)

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Saturday, December 1, 2001, 23:38
Andreas Johansson wrote:

>If I may wager a guess why we use the two word phrase "degrees Celsius",
>maybe it's copied from expressions like "32 degrees North" seen in
geography

>and astronomy?


Or simply to clarify whether it's C or F?  If everyone used the same system,
it wouldn't be necessary.

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Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>