Article: Fahrenheit temperature scale

Article: Kelvin temperature scale
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      392 words ... ... Kelvin , who proposed it in 1848. Another absolute temperature scale, the Rankine temperature scale , is used by some engineers. See also Fahrenheit temperature scale .

Dictionary definition: Fahrenheit temperature
A Dictionary of Nursing;      273 words ...Fahrenheit temperature ( fa -rĕn-hyt) n. temperature expressed on a scale in which the melting point of ice is assigned a temperature ...

Article: Celsius temperature scale
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      385 words ... ... used it as the basis of his absolute temperature scale, now known as the Kelvin temperature scale , in 1848 (see also absolute zero ... to equivalent temperatures on the Fahrenheit temperature scale by multiplying the Celsius temperature ...

Article: Rankine temperature scale
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      379 words ...Rankine temperature scale temperature scale having an absolute zero, below which temperatures do ... and using a degree of the same size as that used by the Fahrenheit temperature scale . Absolute zero , or 0°Ra, is the temperature ...

Article: TEMPERATURE SCALE
Young Students Learning Library;      687 words ... ... of the thermometer. A temperature scale is marked off in degrees ... Fahrenheit.'' The Fahrenheit temperature scale, which is still commonly ... 176;F. The Celsius temperature scale, also called the centigrade ...

Article: Temperature scale redux.(Back to Basics)
Control Engineering;  July 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... used except in the U.S. Key to establishing a reliable temperature scale is a foundation of repeatable standard points, for example ... scientist William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) in 1848. Kelvin temperature scale has application in scientific and engineering fields and ...

Dictionary definition: Curie temperature scale
A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units;      289 words ...Curie temperature scale temperature (also magnetic temperature) A scale for use close ... zero’), below the lower limit of the international temperature scale . It depends on the proportionality of the susceptibility of ...