 | Arthur Thomas Simmons - 1896 - 362 σελίδες
...Fahrenheit and Centigrade Scale. 75 Conversion of Scales. — It should be clear from what we have said that the interval between the boiling and freezing points,...Fahrenheit is equal to five-ninths of a degree Centigrade. ioo°C. = i8o°F. ; .'. 5 C. = 9 F. . '. C. = |F. or F. = -§C. In converting Fahrenheit readings into... | |
 | Arthur Thomas Simmons - 1898 - 388 σελίδες
...Fahrenheit, after whom the thermometer Conversion of Scales.—It should be clear from what we have said that the interval between the boiling and freezing points,...and 180 parts on the Fahrenheit, and consequently ico Centigrade degrees are equal to 180 Fahrenheit degrees, which is the same as saying one degree... | |
 | Sir Richard Gregory, Arthur Thomas Simmons - 1920 - 360 σελίδες
...133. — Thermometer scales. Conversion of Scales.— It should be clear from what we .have said that the interval between the boiling and freezing points,...and consequently 100 Centigrade degrees are equal to 1 80 Fahrenheit degrees, which is the same as saying one degree Centigrade is equal to nine-fifths... | |
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Conversion of Scales. — It should be clear from what we have said that the interval between the boiling and freezing points, that is the same temperature difference, is divided into 100 parts on the Centigrade scale and 180 parts on the Fahrenheit,... 