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  2. Fahrenheit - Wikipedia

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    The Fahrenheit scale (/ ... the freezing and boiling points of water were originally defined to be 100 degrees apart. ... with 100 °F being a hot summer day and 0 ...

  3. Scale of temperature - Wikipedia

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    For example, both the old Celsius scale and Fahrenheit scale were originally based on the linear expansion of a narrow mercury column within a limited range of temperature, [4] each using different reference points and scale increments. Different empirical scales may not be compatible with each other, except for small regions of temperature ...

  4. Temperature - Wikipedia

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    It is an empirical scale that developed historically, which led to its zero point 0 °C being defined as the freezing point of water, and 100 °C as the boiling point of water, both at atmospheric pressure at sea level. It was called a centigrade scale because of the 100-degree interval. [3]

  5. Orders of magnitude (temperature) - Wikipedia

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    Fahrenheit Condition 100 K: −173.15 °C: −279.67 °F: 133 K: −140 °C: ... Maximum standard temperature recommended for hot tub users [39] [full citation needed ...

  6. Why Do We Still Use Fahrenheit? - AOL

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    300 years ago scientist Daniel Fahrenheit invented a temperature measurement — donning his last name. Once Fahrenheit came up with the blueprint for the modern thermometer, using mercury — he ...

  7. Degree (temperature) - Wikipedia

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    Fahrenheit (°F) Rankine (°R or °Ra), which uses the Fahrenheit scale, adjusted so that 0 degrees Rankine is equal to absolute zero. Unlike the degree Fahrenheit and degree Celsius, the kelvin is no longer referred to or written as a degree (but was before 1967 [1] [2] [3]). The kelvin is the primary unit of temperature measurement in the ...

  8. Kelvin - Wikipedia

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    The Celsius, Fahrenheit, ... Water's boiling point is 100 °C. ... is the temperature of the hot reservoir in Celsius, and ...

  9. Hottest US city Phoenix smashes heat streak record - AOL

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    PHOENIX (Reuters) -The desert city of Phoenix, Arizona, suffered a record 113 straight days with temperatures over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) this year, leading to hundreds of ...