San Francisco Paper - Conversion Scale for Centigrade and Fahrenheit Temperatures (with Discussion)
- Organization:
- The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
- Pages:
- 3
- File Size:
- 94 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1916
Abstract
The desirability of employing the centigrade scale for the measurement of temperatures is becoming more and more recognized in this country, particularly in view of the fact that this scale is used almost exclusively in technical papers and publications—exclusively in those published in French or German. There are, however, a large number of factories and laboratories which still employ the Fahrenheit scale. It therefore frequently becomes necessary to convert one into the other and the accompanying chart (Fig. I) has been found very convenient for this purpose. The formulas for conversion follow: (1) °F. = 9o /5+ 32 (2) oC = 5 (oF - 32 ) (1) 100° C X 9 900/5 =180 .'. 180 + 32 = 212° F. 5 (2) 5 (212° F - 32) = 5 X 180 =100o C 9 9
Citation
APA: (1916) San Francisco Paper - Conversion Scale for Centigrade and Fahrenheit Temperatures (with Discussion)
MLA: San Francisco Paper - Conversion Scale for Centigrade and Fahrenheit Temperatures (with Discussion). The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1916.