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

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.. :)

Elliott
>                  Andreas
>
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