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

Elliott LAsh wrote:
>Aniye Andreas
>
> > Roger Mils wrote:
> > >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.
> >
> > If that was the only reason, we could just as well be saying "water
>boils at
> > 100 celsius".
> >
> > BTW, an astronomy textbook I'm reading repeatedly uses the expression
> > "centigrade degrees".
> >
>
>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!  Tell me you're kidding!! Reading an astronomy
>textbook *REPEATEDLY*? As a student who's spent the last four hours doing 6
>or so astronomy problems...and not understanding any of it...I'm
>bewildered.. :)
Note two things: 1) "repeatedly" modifies "uses", not "am reading", and 2)
I'm not studying astronomy - I found the book at the Uni's library and am
reading it just for fun.

                                                   Andreas

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