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[–] Today@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (9 children)

I think that's how we got fahrenheit.

[–] kurwa@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Actually it was originally based on the freezing temperature of a brine and human body temperature.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit

[–] psud@aussie.zone 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Really it was "find something that is different to the reseller scales"

[–] kurwa@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

It was actually based on an existing scale called the Rømer scale

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