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[-] TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

I don't know if this'll help, but I find it interesting. Fahrenheit was designed to make creating thermometers easier. You pop your new thermometer into some ice water, call that 32, pop it in your mouth, call that 96 (human body temperature is actually 98.6, but these weren't the most precise instruments), and then you can just keep dividing the space between them in half until you get 64 degrees.

Obviously Celsius is more scientific and practical in modern times, but I think Fahrenheit is fascinating, if nothing else.

[-] eee@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago

I don't understand your logic. I could just as easily change your text to say

Celsius was designed to make creating thermometers easier. You pop your new thermometer into some ice water, call that 0, pop it in boiling water, call that 100, and then you can just keep dividing the space between them in half until you get 100 degrees.