I.Lewis on thu 4 nov 99
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It is a regular occurrence for someone in their posting to give a =
temperature at
which something will happen. Regrettably, they often fail to qualify the =
number
with a suffix which represents the temperature scale they are using. I would=
be
pleased if all respondents and contributors would add either an F or a C =
after
the number they give. If they are too idle to do this, perhaps they would be
kind enough to give both numbers, just in the interests of being truly
informative among an International Group.
Regards to all,
Ivor Lewis. Experiencing a Degree of Enjoyment at working in that new =
studio.
Dannon Rhudy on fri 5 nov 99
...... Regrettably, they often fail to qualify the number
>with a suffix which represents the temperature scale they are using. I
would be
>pleased if all respondents and contributors would add either an F or a C
after
>the number they give.........
>
>Ivor Lewis. Experiencing a Degree of Enjoyment at working in that new studio.
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Would that degree of enjoyment be a degree F or a degree C?
I could NOT resist that.
Regards,
Dannon Rhudy
potter@koyote.com
James Roche on fri 5 nov 99
At 12:08 04/11/99 EST, I.Lewis wrote:
>I would be pleased if all respondents and contributors would
add either an F or a C after the number they give.
Agreed. I also remember that there is a distinction made
between Celsius and Centigrade (not sure what it is). Degrees
Kelvin are C + 273. Don't know of any other scales. My
chemistry brains are rusty!
James
Janet Kaiser on sat 6 nov 99
Jame Roche wrote:
Agreed. I also remember that there is a distinction made
between Celsius and Centigrade (not sure what it is).
James,
Your are rusty! Celsius and Centigrade are exactly the same thing! Celsius
is the "internationally approved" name for Centigrade. Bet they had to have
lots of committee meetings in swish hotels over several years to decide that
one!
Janet Kaiser
The Chapel of Art : Home of The International Potters Path
Criccieth, GB-Wales, UK
http://www.the-coa.org.uk
postbox@the-coa.org.uk
Vera Rankovic on sat 6 nov 99
Celsius and Centigrade and the same thing, the former name being used in
Europe, the latter in the US/. One is after the inventor of the scale, the
other means "divided in hundreds" or something like that.
Vera Rankovic
vrankovic@sezampro.yu
http://www.geocities.com/verasart/
----- Original Message -----
From: James Roche
To:
Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 22:58
Subject: Re: Temperature Units
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> At 12:08 04/11/99 EST, I.Lewis wrote:
> >I would be pleased if all respondents and contributors would
> add either an F or a C after the number they give.
>
> Agreed. I also remember that there is a distinction made
> between Celsius and Centigrade (not sure what it is). Degrees
> Kelvin are C + 273. Don't know of any other scales. My
> chemistry brains are rusty!
>
> James
James Roche on sun 7 nov 99
Hello Janet,
At 20:45 06/11/99 EST, you wrote:
>Your are rusty! Celsius and Centigrade are exactly the same
thing! Celsius is the "internationally approved" name for
Centigrade.
Oh, I there I was thinking it was something esoteric. And I
thought it was the other way round. Confusion rules OK! I'd
*remembered* Celsius being dropped in weather reports way back -
maybe 1970's?
>Bet they had to have lots of committee meetings in swish hotels
over several years to decide that one!
Sounds suspiciously like the EU Jaffa Cake debate... Can the UK
call it a cake when really it isn't a cake. What shall we call
it? Is this a banana, is it bent enough to call a banana?
Degrees Kelvin, I know where I am, as it's used in photography...
James
Janet Kaiser on mon 8 nov 99
James,
I worked in the chemical engineering industry in Germany for several
years... It is honestly CELSIUS... Yes, indeedy! ....All the more reason for
the UK (or at least the Meteorological Office) adopting "Centigrade"
instead!!
Just like trying to make everyone use grams and millimetres (only) instead
of Kilograms/grams and centimetres/metres. It is like trying to make folk
measure in multi-units of sixteenth of an ounce and twenty-fourths of a
inch... No wonder nobody likes to use metric measurement. "They" got it all
wrong right from the start.
At least in the UK.... Although I am totally "metricated" I cannot deal with
visualising cupboards which measure 1060 mm or weighing 285 grams!
On The Continent it is much more simple: half a kilo or 500 gm is a "pound",
a "quarter pound" is a quarter of a kilo and measuring in cm.... Well,
dressmakers and plumbers do not! At least in Germany they have dress sizes
in inches and plumbers use Imperial measurements. 3/4 and 1-inch pipes for
example. Something we have not had in the UK for years. Silly 22 mm pipes do
not provide the water pressure we need to join the 20th century... I bet no
one thought of that when they were sitting on their committees.
And for all you shower users... This is the main reason the UK lacks decent
shower facilities! Along with antiquated house plumbing systems!
Ho! Hum! No wonder it will take centuries to "standardise"
Janet Kaiser
>From YOU KNOW WHERE!
-----Original Message-----
From: James Roche
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Date: 07 November 1999 22:39
Subject: Re: Temperature Units
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Hello Janet,
At 20:45 06/11/99 EST, you wrote:
>Your are rusty! Celsius and Centigrade are exactly the same
thing! Celsius is the "internationally approved" name for
Centigrade.
Oh, I there I was thinking it was something esoteric. And I
thought it was the other way round. Confusion rules OK! I'd
*remembered* Celsius being dropped in weather reports way back -
maybe 1970's?
>Bet they had to have lots of committee meetings in swish hotels
over several years to decide that one!
Sounds suspiciously like the EU Jaffa Cake debate... Can the UK
call it a cake when really it isn't a cake. What shall we call
it? Is this a banana, is it bent enough to call a banana?
Degrees Kelvin, I know where I am, as it's used in photography...
James
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