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    What number did the original 18th century centigrade temperature scale use to indicate water's freezing point?

    Question #82624. Asked by actionrat. (Jun 28 07 1:28 AM)


    sjmccallum13

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    http://www.met.fsu.edu/explores/methist.html

    Jun 28 07, 3:33 AM
    Arpeggionist

    		Anders Celsius originally intended for 100 degrees to mark the freezing point and 0 to mark the boiling point. Considering that the Earth is going through one of its hot spells, I'm glad at least the centigrade tempurature's measurements go the other way around now...

    Jun 28 07, 4:21 AM
    McGruff

    		Question #82646. ggr8auntie1458 asks:
    What number did the original 18th-centrury centigrade temperature scale use to indicate water’s freezing point #?

    miffy42 posts:

    In 1742, Anders Celsius (1701 – 1744) created a “reversed ” version of the modern Celsius temperature scale whereby zero represented the boiling point of water and 100 represented the melting point of ice.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celsius

    Jun 28 07, 9:57 AM

    Jun 28 07, 12:08 PM

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