Re: Re: metric system

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From: Courtenay Footman
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1987 21:27

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In article <452@ambush.UUCP> kimcm@ambush.UUCP (Kim Chr. Madsen) writes:
>In article <3657@ecsvax.UUCP> dgary@ecsvax.UUCP (D Gary Grady) writes:
>>For the record, 0 degrees F is the temperature at which saturated brine
>>freezes.

>0 degrees C - Water freezes (at 1. Atm. pressure)
>0 degrees K - Everything Freezes (Absolute Zero)

At 0K, and ordinary pressures, helium is a liquid, and spin polarized 
hydrogen is a gas.  I will not even start to discuss what state a 
degenerate system of electrons is in at 0 K.

The mad pedant:
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Subject: Re: Re: metric system
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