As you didn't mention Fahrenheit (capital F), I didn't address it. (As Fahrenheit and Celsius retain their status as names, not units, they are capitalized.)
Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of M R Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 07:22 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:18542] Fwd: RE: Fusion Article: No Kelvin Hi Bill It does not matter whether it is kelvin or celsius, but it DOES matter if it is fahrenheit or celsius. Madan --- Bill Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [USMA:18540] RE: Fusion Article: No Kelvin > Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 07:17:45 -0800 > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If it's "degrees," it cannot be "kelvin." > > At the 10 million level, it doesn't of course matter > whether it's in degrees > Celsius or in kelvins. The difference (about 273) > represents an > insignificant portion of the total. > > Bill Potts, CMS > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of M R > Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 06:58 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:18538] Fusion Article:No Kelvin > > > Scientists claim success in cold fusion experiment: > Reuters article @ > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=585&u=/nm/20020304/sc_nm/sci > ence_fusion_dc_1 > > > gives '10 million degrees' without stating whether > it > is celsius / kelvin, but this webpage > > http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/science/2002-03/taleyarkh-3-8-02.html > > > gives '10 million degrees kelvin'. > If the guy at Reuters forgot kelvin, then its fine, > but if he deliberately skipped that word, then its a > wrong thing on the part of the media. > > For a layman, it does not matter whether the power > comes from wood fired or nuclear fired power plant, > but for a person with interest in science, the word > 'kelvin' matters. > > Madan > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free > email! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/
