How To Geek – [In the 1720s, Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit] was ironing out zero point for his temperature scale. The coldest temperature that Fahrenheit could produce in his laboratory was the result of mixing ice, water, and ammonia chloride to make a frigid slurry. This measurement became the zero-point for the scale.
You know what makes a lot more sense? Having a temperature scale based on states of water, the universal solvent – 0 being freezing and 100 being boiling. Oh wait,we have one of those. It’s called Celsius, and the entire world uses it except the United States and two other insignificant countries. Probably because Americans are dumb as fuck and too closed minded to change anything or re-learn new temperature scales.
Seriously? We’re using a scale that iscalibratedto 0 based on it being the coldest temperature some joker could get in a lab by mixingammoniachloride and water in the 1720s? Who gives a shit about ammonia chloride?
The Fahrenheit Scale Is Dumb as Shit
August 5, 2012
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You know what makes a lot more sense? Having a temperature scale based on states of water, the universal solvent – 0 being freezing and 100 being boiling. Oh wait,we have one of those. It’s called Celsius, and the entire world uses it except the United States and two other insignificant countries. Probably because Americans are dumb as fuck and too closed minded to change anything or re-learn new temperature scales.
Seriously? We’re using a scale that iscalibratedto 0 based on it being the coldest temperature some joker could get in a lab by mixingammoniachloride and water in the 1720s? Who gives a shit about ammonia chloride?