State of emergency?
Dec 17th 2007 | 1:45 am
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Re: State of emergency?
If you're looking for a yardstick, the trash can might help. The front yards in this street are flush with the road.
Dec 17th 2007 | 1:48 am
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Re: State of emergency?
A little more comparison.
Dec 17th 2007 | 3:17 am
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Re: State of emergency?
Originally Posted by Souvenir;
A little more comparison.
Dec 17th 2007 | 4:16 am
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Re: State of emergency?
I've just spent 90 minutes doing the dirve and now the plow has come by again :curse:
Dec 17th 2007 | 4:23 am
#157
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Dec 17th 2007 | 5:58 am
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Re: State of emergency?
Nothing to explain , you were right.
Celcius and Centigrade temp scales are effectively the same thing, short story is that Centigrade was renamed in honour of Celcius for the work he did in the field of thermodynamics. Long story is boring and tedios and is no doubt on wikipedia
Celcius and Centigrade temp scales are effectively the same thing, short story is that Centigrade was renamed in honour of Celcius for the work he did in the field of thermodynamics. Long story is boring and tedios and is no doubt on wikipedia
My physics teacher may have been winding us up when he explained that Fahrenheit was also originally a centigrade scale - the fixed points were the freezing point of a saturated saline solution (which isn't far off 0 degrees F) and the normal temperature of blood (but unfortunately Mr Fahrenheit was running a fever when he set the fixed point). Of course, the fixed points were subsequently defined as 32F and 212F to coincide with the fixed points on the Celcius scale.
I've never heard that about Fahrenheit anywhere before or since, so if anybody could enlighten me I'd be grateful...
Dec 17th 2007 | 6:21 am
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Re: State of emergency?
Glad I'm not a pedestrian today
Dec 17th 2007 | 6:30 am
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Re: State of emergency?
Originally Posted by Oakvillian;
All centigrade means is that there are 100 degrees between the fixed points (i.e. for the Celcius scale, 0 is the freezing point and 100 is the boiling point of pure water at standard atmospheric pressure).
My physics teacher may have been winding us up when he explained that Fahrenheit was also originally a centigrade scale - the fixed points were the freezing point of a saturated saline solution (which isn't far off 0 degrees F) and the normal temperature of blood (but unfortunately Mr Fahrenheit was running a fever when he set the fixed point). Of course, the fixed points were subsequently defined as 32F and 212F to coincide with the fixed points on the Celcius scale.
I've never heard that about Fahrenheit anywhere before or since, so if anybody could enlighten me I'd be grateful...
My physics teacher may have been winding us up when he explained that Fahrenheit was also originally a centigrade scale - the fixed points were the freezing point of a saturated saline solution (which isn't far off 0 degrees F) and the normal temperature of blood (but unfortunately Mr Fahrenheit was running a fever when he set the fixed point). Of course, the fixed points were subsequently defined as 32F and 212F to coincide with the fixed points on the Celcius scale.
I've never heard that about Fahrenheit anywhere before or since, so if anybody could enlighten me I'd be grateful...
Dec 17th 2007 | 6:36 am
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Re: State of emergency?
Actually the original Celsius scale (as proposed by Mr Celsius) had water boiling at 0 and freezing at 100
Dec 17th 2007 | 6:37 am
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Re: State of emergency?
A little help from Google further reveals that he probably fixed the upper point at 96 rather than 100 because 8 divisions of 12 degrees would have made the geometry easier when marking gradations on a thermometer. Still, it's nice to know that what we learnt wasn't complete bo!!ocks - funny how it always seems to be the trivial and imprcactical bits of information that stick in the mind
Last edited by Oakvillian; Dec 17th 2007 at 6:40 am.
Dec 18th 2007 | 8:37 am
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Re: State of emergency?
Still got no boots
; and my bright pink coat stand out like a sore thumb 
- But did get the keys to the house; and while all those Canadians listen to the TV weather forcaster telling them to stay in - we went out and ordered furniture, stores were empty!!
To be delivered Tuesday and Wednesday, then we can move in! 
Last edited by manghams; Dec 18th 2007 at 8:38 am. Reason: typo
