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Do you know the logic of Fahrenheit?

As an American, I'm used to Fahreheit. I know how 35°f, 75°f, and 100°f feels. All I know about Celsius is that water freezes at 32°.

I also use inches, feet, yards and miles to measure distance.

Fahrenheit was created in 1724 by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, who invented the first accurate and reproducible thermometer. He wanted a 100° difference between the coldest temperature in winter and human body temperature. His coldest temperature was calculated in the Netherlands and he was slightly off when he calculated average human body temperature.

Years later in 1742, Anders Celsius noted that Fahrenheit thermometers were difficult to calibrate so he used the freezing point and boiling point of the most common substance, water, as the fixed points. He used 0 as the boiling point of water and 100 as the freezing point of water (some say this was to minimize the use of negative numbers).

The following year Jean-Pierre Christin reversed the two points in accordance with the concept that hotter temperatures should have higher values. He called the temperature scale Centigrade.

Unfortunately, when the metric system was invented in the 1790’s, the term centigrad was used to describe angles. This was a source of ambiguity and confusion. So, in 1948, the Centigrade temperature scale was renamed after Anders Celsius.

As for the United States, its Customary measurement system is a relic from before the American Revolution when they were a group of British colonies.

The metric system (SI) including the Celsius temperature scale is the common language of scientists and over 95% of the people in the world.

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I mis-wrote when I said that water freezes at 32° Celsius. That was a brain fart. I knew better.
I know that water freezes at 0° and boils at 100° Celsius.
Do you know the logic of Fahrenheit?
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