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Old 18th November 2011, 20:21   #8
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Originally Posted by Banjo View Post
why on earth would we want thoses foreign celcius degree things
Anders Celcius was a Swedish astronomer (1701–1744), whereas Daniel G Fahrenheit (1686–1736) was of German/Polish/Dutch extraction. Personally, I think 'degrees Thatcher' sounds good for a car of such stature. The button should be marked 'C/F/T'
Degrees Kelvin is the absolute decimal (ala Celcius) scale named after an Irish bloke - as they do.

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