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Article #457Re: metric system
From: Tony Landells
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1987 10:03
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1987 10:03
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In article <4808@utah-cs.UUCP>, bage@utah-cs.UUCP (Goran Bage) writes: > In article <238@etn-rad.UUCP> jru@etn-rad.UUCP (0000-John Unekis) writes: > > In the metric system, we use degrees centigrade. The centigrade scale > I think the metric temperature degrees are named Celsius, not centigrades, It depends where you are - in Australia they use Celsius, in Italy it's centigrade, but I'm not sure of the exact extent of use of either name. They both represent exactly the same scale, and they both use a C to indicate use of that scale, so it doesn't really matter much :-) -- I don't have a .signature, but then I never did get the hangboas ldoef (* */
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!columbia!rutgers!ucla-cs!zen!ucbvax!hplabs!oliveb!jal From: jal@oliveb.UUCP (Tony Landells) Newsgroups: sci.misc Subject: Re: metric system Message-ID: <2685@oliveb.UUCP> Date: Fri, 7-Aug-87 06:03:09 EDT Article-I.D.: oliveb.2685 Posted: Fri Aug 7 06:03:09 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 9-Aug-87 01:15:20 EDT References: <238@etn-rad.UUCP> <4808@utah-cs.UUCP> Distribution: sci.misc Organization: Olivetti ATC; Cupertino, Ca Lines: 11 Summary: it depends