On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:04:14 -0400, "Eisboch"
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Jim24242" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"Jim24242" wrote in message
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He's reading a Canadian thermometer. That's what the "C" stands for. I
have no idea what hpa is. 93 % means it's raining like cats and dogs.
Did you know that -17.7 degrees Canadian is 0 degrees American?


and -40C and -40F are the same thing?



I didn't know that.

Now you do.

Next up: The Kelvin scale.

Eisboch


Here's the question:

Is there a 40 degrees Kelvin?

Depends on how you look at it.

Kelvin is a unit by and of it'self because it's an absolute value -
not relative. Absolute zero is absolute zero. In that sense, it has
no relevance to anything but it'self therefore there is no such thing
as a "degree" - a Kelvin is a Kelvin.

However, it is a measure of temperature in relative terms as compared
to other units of measure - like Celcius. Using degree in conjunction
with Kelvin is acceptable in reference to other measurement standards.

Or so I've been told. :)

Ommmmmmmm...........