Jim, I think what John meant here was the *reading* of the instrument. Provided those "ticks" are *precisely* outlined (and neglecting thermal expansions, paralax, etc) one can indeed provide a reading that has more... "digital places" than a Celsius scale.
Marcus On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 01:35:17 James Frysinger wrote: >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 > > ____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB of email storage with Lycos Mail Plus! Sign up today -- http://www.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus
