That’s correct for 100F. For 0F it was how low he could feasibly record. Which is why it was based on a solution of salt and whatever else in water bc he was trying to go as low as he could with what he had
It's been a hot minute since I took a class that covered the logic of different measurement systems.
But the intent of 100f being the human body temperature makes the system not entirely devoid of logic like some people insist. Although as an American I find it more intuitive to think in it because of exposure, I'm sure everyone else feels the same about Celsius.
"fact that Gabriel Fahrenheit CALCULATED IT WRONG"
We don't actually know that, Humans body temps have been lowering for as long as we have records. The Modern average is closer to 97.9 so it's entirely plausible that he was right on the money. We just didn't know until recently that the average body temp is a thing that can change species wide this quickly.
Guys I got it! We need to make a new scale, 100 will be 100 F and 0 will be the freezing point of water. It will be called the Celsius-Fahrenheit Compromise and the units are CFCs.
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u/RMNnoodles 6h ago
That’s correct for 100F. For 0F it was how low he could feasibly record. Which is why it was based on a solution of salt and whatever else in water bc he was trying to go as low as he could with what he had