The scale has nothing to do with accuracy or precision, John. They are directly and mathematically related. It's the instrument* that determines the accuracy and it's readout method and level of subdivision that determines the precision available in the reading process.
Jim * Technically, the method does also but that, too, is independent of which scale you use. On Sunday 2004 January 25 00:37, john mercer wrote: > Hi everyone, could someone tel me whitch temperature scale degrees F or > degrees C is more accurate. I have heard some people say that F is more > accurate because it has more degrees between freezing and boiling. They > say that a degree F is smaller than a degree C so it is more accurate. I > feel that if degrees F were more accurate it would be used more in the > world then it is. Thanks John -- James R. Frysinger Lifetime Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist Senior Member, IEEE http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: Physics Lab Manager, Lecturer Dept. of Physics and Astronomy University/College of Charleston 66 George Street Charleston, SC 29424 843.953.7644 (phone) 843.953.4824 (FAX) Home: 10 Captiva Row Charleston, SC 29407 843.225.0805
