Re: Temperature Scales

[Ludwik Kowalski <KowalskiL@MAIL.MONTCLAIR.EDU>]

Tony Wayne wrote:

> The Celcius temperature scale is based on the freezing and boiling points of
> water. The temperature range was divided up into 100 degrees. Does anyone
> know how the Fahrenheit scale was determined?
> -tony

Its present form differs from what it was originally. My
recollection is that the upper point, 100 by definition,
was his own body temperature while the lowest point,
0 by definition, was what he believed was the lowest
possible temperature. I do not remember how it was
defined operationally in Norhern Germany.
Ludwik Kowalski