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

On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 09:12:10AM +0000, D Tse wrote:
> I would interpret a phrase like "99.9 Fahrenheit Degrees" or similar
> as emphasising that they are using Fahrenheit (and *not* Celsius or
> Kelvin or Rankine or Reaumur ad inf.).
Out of context, I intepret it not as a tempeture, but as a range of
seperation - "there are 99.9 Fahrenheit Degrees between the temperture
of this iron bar and that one."

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