Article: Rankine temperature scale

Article: Kelvin temperature scale
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      392 words ... ... symbol and merely use the letter K. The temperature scale is named after the British mathematician ... who proposed it in 1848. Another absolute temperature scale, the Rankine temperature scale , is used by some engineers. See also Fahrenheit ...

Article: Fahrenheit temperature scale
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      423 words ...Fahrenheit temperature scale , temperature scale in which the temperature difference between ... used it as the basis of his absolute temperature scale, now called the Rankine temperature scale , in 1859. Although the Fahrenheit scale ...

Article: temperature
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      600 words ... ... absolute temperature scale. The Kelvin temperature scale is an absolute scale having degrees the same size as those of the Celsius temperature scale ; the Rankine temperature scale is an absolute scale having degrees the ...

Article: absolute zero
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      379 words ...absolute zero the zero point of the ideal gas temperature scale, denoted by 0 degrees on the Kelvin and Rankine temperature scales, which is equivalent to -273.15°C and -459.67°F. For most gases there is a linear relationship ...

Article: Celsius temperature scale
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      385 words ...Celsius temperature scale , temperature scale according to which the temperature difference between ... William Thomson Kelvin used it as the basis of his absolute temperature scale, now known as the Kelvin temperature scale , in 1848 ...

Article: TEMPERATURE SCALE
Young Students Learning Library;      687 words ... ... the scale of the thermometer. A temperature scale is marked off in degrees. A weather ... Fahrenheit.'' The Fahrenheit temperature scale, which is still commonly used in ... at 212°F. The Celsius temperature scale, also called the centigrade scale ...

Article: Collecting the past
ASEE Prism;  May 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... University in 1820 4. Answer: John Ericsson 5. Answer: William John Macquorn Rankine, who also created the Rankine temperature scale 6. Answer: Henry Petroski, chair of civil and environmental engineering at Duke University 7. Answer 1876 ...