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mcp@netcom.com (Craig Presnell) writes:

>An interesting historical question came up in physics class
>today concerning the determination of the Farenheit temperature
>scale. The celsius scale was determined by making 0 degrees the
>same as freezing water, and 100 degrees equal to boiling water and
>equally dividing the points in between. Apparently Farenheit had the
>same idea, but wanted something colder to be 0 degress, so alcohol
>and ice were used. The question is, what was used to determine the
>upper end of the scale ?

>Several text books were researched, but nothing came up.

>Thanks for all replies!

The totally unauthorized, unverified version I had heard is that 100 F
was supposed to be body temperature (it's a little bit off).

BK