I have heard the same story. 0 degrees was the coldest you could get with an ice-salt mixture.
Herb Foster --- Bill Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Carlberg, > > Somewhere in the darker recess of my mind I seem to recall that Fahrenheit > used human body temperature as one of his indexes. He originally wanted to > use body temp. as 100 degrees. When the boiling point and freezing point > were used as calibration points, body temp was then readjusted to 98.6. > > Can't recall where I picked up that data so it could be of questionable > value. > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Horn mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/listinfo/horn
