Don't make this into hard work. 30 is hot, 20 is nice, 10 is chilly, 0 is ice. No temperature scale is perfect, but this one works much better than Fahrenheit since it is based on water and not ammonia.
Mark Henschel On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 3:05 PM, Kaimbridge M. GoldChild < kaimbri...@gmail.com> wrote: > In terms of temperature measurement, it would seem that both the > Fahrenheit *and* Celsius scales are flawed. > In angle measurement, there is the raw radian—where 1 radian along a > circleʼs circumference equals its radius—and two other, more user friendly > magnitudes, the degree (D°) and centesimal degree, or gradian (Hᵍ): > > 1ᵍ = .9°; 1° = 1.111111...ᵍ; > > Right Angle = 90° = 100ᵍ; > Straight Angle = 180° = 200ᵍ; > Full Angle = 360° = 400ᵍ; > > There are two modern temperature scales in use today, both based > on angle measurement, and each having two different rates/intervals with > different baselines or “offsets”—two for degrees (Fahrenheit, “°F”, and > Rankine, “°R”) and two for gradians (Celsius, “°C”, and Kelvin, “K”, with > no “ᵍ” or “°”). > Both Rankine and Kelvin are based on 0 being absolute zero (i.e., > all thermal motion ceases), while Celsius is based on 0 being the > freezing point of water and Fahrenheit being the lowest freezing > point for brine (a specific salt water mixture). > One flaw (or at least discrepancy) is that the freezing-boiling point > spread for Fahrenheit is 180°/200ᵍ (a straight angle), while for Celsius it > is only 90°/100ᵍ (a right angle). > And with Fahrenheit, there is the “+32” offset. > Back when they adjusted and made Celsius the SI temperature > standard, wouldnʼt it have been better to create a “straight angle” > degree/gradian set (where º = Crtl+Shft+BA > and ᵍ = Crtl+Shft+1D4D), D°S or just Dº equals HᵍS or just Hᵍ, and have > either just gotten rid of the “32” and designated Fahrenheit as being from > 0-180° (rather than 32-212°) and used that as the standard, or—if they > particularly wanted a gradian based scale—double what is now known as > Celsius, so it would range from 0-200ᵍ, thereby making it more precise than > Fahrenheit (since 1ᵍ = .9° and 1 °C = 2ᵍS = 1.8°S), > thus 45º = 45°S = 77 °F = 25 °C = 50ᵍS = 50ᵍ? > (Since it is a direct angle based scale, I would suggest that there be no > space between the number and °S/ᵍS.) > Or, if they wanted a degree scale corresponding to the gradian Celsius, > reduce Fahrenheit to half its size, without the offset: 1 °F_h = 2 °F, thus > having a freezing-boiling point range of 0-90°F_h (0-100ᵍ)—though, as > sometimes Celsius is expressed in half increments, I would think either > 0-180º or 0-200ᵍ would be the best scale. > From all this, the following temperatures relate as such: > > [ -491.67º =-459.67 °F = 0 °R = 0 K =-273.15 °C = -546.3ᵍ ] > | | | | | > 0º = 32 °F = 491.67 °R = 273.15 K = 0 °C = 0ᵍ > 9º = 41 °F = 500.67 °R = 278.15 K = 5 °C = 10ᵍ > 18º = 50 °F = 509.67 °R = 283.15 K = 10 °C = 20ᵍ > ---------------------------------------------------- > 22.5º =54.5 °F = 514.17 °R = 285.65 K =12.5 °C = 25ᵍ > 30º = 62 °F = 521.67 °R ≈ 289.82 K ≈16.7 °C ≈33.3ᵍ > 45º = 77 °F = 536.67 °R = 298.15 K = 25 °C = 50ᵍ > 60º = 92 °F = 551.67 °R ≈ 306.48 K ≈33.3 °C ≈66.7ᵍ > 66.6º =98.6 °F = 558.27 °R = 310.15 K = 37 °C = 74ᵍ > 67.5º =99.5 °F = 559.17 °R = 310.65 K =37.5 °C = 75ᵍ > ---------------------------------------------------- > 70º = 102 °F = 561.67 °R ≈ 312.05 K ≈38.9 °C ≈77.8ᵍ > 90º = 122 °F = 581.67 °R = 323.15 K = 50 °C = 100ᵍ > 180º = 212 °F = 671.67 °R = 373.15 K = 100 °C = 200ᵍ > > Thus the extreme human “comfort zone” is about 25-75ᵍ (22.5-67.5º), with a > narrower, more moderate “comfort zone” of about 30-60º (33.3-66.7ᵍ)! > Is/was such a °S and/or ᵍS scale in use or ever considered? > Finally, on the USMA temperature page, it says that “the freezing and > boiling temperatures of water are whole numbers, but not round numbers as > in the Celsius temperature scale”. > What does that mean? > > ~Kaimbridge~ > > -- -- -- > Wiki—Sites Contribution History Pages: > > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge > math.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge > wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge > rosettacode.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge > > ***** Void Where Permitted; Limit 0 Per Customer. ***** > > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > USMA@colostate.edu > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma >
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