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Who devised the different units used in temperature?
Some scales used for measuring temperature: Thermodynamic (absolute): Lord Kelvin Celsius: Anders Celsius (Swedish Astronomer) Fahrenheit: Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (Dutch-German-Polish physicist) Rankine: William John MacQuorn Rankine (Scottish Physicist) Reaumur: Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur (French Scientist) Romer (or Roemer): Ole Christensen Romer (Danish Astronomer). The units for the Thermodynamic and Celsius scales are the same, the Thermodynamic is an absolute scale. The units for the Fahrenheit and Rankine scales are the same, the Rankine is an absolute scale.
What are the three types of thermonmeter scales?
The types of thermonmeter scales are: -- Fahrenheit -- Kelvin -- Celsius -- Rankin
How many degrees Fahrenheit is in Celsius?
The two temperature scales do not have the same unit size. The difference between 80 and 90 ºF is not the same size as between 80 to 90 ºC. Celsius = (Fahrenheit - 32) x 5/9
Where the temperature equal both in celsius and Fahrenheit scales?
-40 degrees is the same degree in Fahrenheit and Celsius.
A temperature of -40c is equal to what temperature on the Fahrenheit scale?
-40 is the same on both the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales.
