Re: metric system ( really, Fahrenheit degrees )

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From: Dennis Oconnor
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1987 16:30

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I read somewhere ( uh oh, another memory ... without a reference ! )

That Dr. Fahrenheit was a Veternarian, and selected as 100 degrees
the temperature of a healthy cow! [ No 8-) ] 0 degrees he selected
as being the "coldest it ever got" where he lived ( Europe, somewhere).




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Subject: Re: metric system ( really, Fahrenheit degrees )
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