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minus-squareToday@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoI think that’s how we got fahrenheit.
minus-squarekurwa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·3 months agoActually it was originally based on the freezing temperature of a brine and human body temperature. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit
minus-squareappelkooskonfyt@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoNo I’m pretty sure it was crickets.
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-23 months agoReally it was “find something that is different to the reseller scales”
minus-squarekurwa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoIt was actually based on an existing scale called the Rømer scale
I think that’s how we got fahrenheit.
Actually it was originally based on the freezing temperature of a brine and human body temperature.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit
No I’m pretty sure it was crickets.
Really it was “find something that is different to the reseller scales”
It was actually based on an existing scale called the Rømer scale