Posted Oct 19, 2009 by  Gnomon [See A60420098 for details of new sign-in system]
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I changed g/cm^3 to g/cm<SUP>3</SUP>.
The following sentence was confused:
Despite the commonly held that it is a misconception, it is possible for snowflakes to form identically although some simple forms do have duplicates.
I've changed it to:
Despite the commonly belief that no two snowflakes are alike, it <I>is</I> possible for snowflakes to form identically.
The following sentence is untrue:
Both the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales are defined using a set number for water's freezing point – zero for Celsius, 32 for Fahrenheit.
Fahrenheit is not defined by setting the freezing point of water to 32. That's just a consequence of Mr Fahrenreit defining 0 on his scale as the coldest temperature he could reach in his laboratory.
But I haven't decided what it should be changed to yet.
  
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Posted Oct 19, 2009 by TRiG (Ireland) Human rights under attack in Uganda. Look it up. Excellent coverage on the blog "Box Turtle Bulletin"
I'd guess that the Fahrenheit scale is now defined as stated, just as the yard is now officially defined as a certain fraction of the metre.
TRiG.
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