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minus-squarertxn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·1 year agoIt’s the Rankine. Some Scottish dude wanted to use Kelvin without using Kelvin. It’s basically the Fahrenheit scale but with 0˚R set at absolute zero. 0˚R = 0K and 1˚R = 0K + 1˚F
minus-squareNeatNit@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoFrom what I can gather, R and Ra are the same thing?
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Réaumur_scale so, they meant °r probably
It’s the Rankine. Some Scottish dude wanted to use Kelvin without using Kelvin. It’s basically the Fahrenheit scale but with 0˚R set at absolute zero.
0˚R = 0Kand1˚R = 0K + 1˚FFrom what I can gather, R and Ra are the same thing?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Réaumur_scale
so, they meant °r probably