Han Maenen wrote in USMA 24766:
The report refers to a rise in temperature of 600 Fahrenheit, and converts this into 15.50 Celsius. Now a temperature in the atmosphere of 600 F does indeed represent 15.50 C. However, the two temperatures scales do not share a common zero point, and a temperature of zero Fahrenheit represents a temperature of minus 17.80 Celsius. Thus, a rise in temperature of 600 F converts into a rise of (15.5 + 17.8)0 C, i.e. 33.30 Celsius.
I don't understand this. I get that a temperature rise of 600�F is a temperature rise of 333�C, but that a temperature of 600�F is a temperature of 316�C. -- Joseph B. Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 Telephone 416-486-6071
