...and known by the name of die centigrade, is perhaps upon the whole the most eligible. The distance between the freezing and boiling points is divided into 100 equal parts, the freezing point being marked 0, and the boiling point 1 00. We must refer to our article THERMOMETEII,...

...being marked 32°, and the boiling point 212°. In the Centigrade scale, chiefly used on the continent, the interval between the freezing and boiling points is divided into 100 equal parts, the freezing point being marked 0°, and the boiling point 100°. Reaumur's scale, also used on the...

...— In France, Sweden, and some other parts of Europe, the centigrade scale prevails. In this scale the interval between the freezing and boiling points is divided into 100 equal parts, and the zero is placed at the freezing point. 1336. Reaumur's scale. — In some countries the scale...

...— In France, Sweden, and some other parts of Europe, the centigrade scale prevails. In this scale the interval between the freezing and boiling points is divided into 100 equal parts, and the zero is placed at the freezing point. 1336. Reaumur's scale. — In some countries the scale...

...26. In France, Sweden, and some other parts of Europe, the Centigrade scale prevails. In this scale the interval between the freezing and boiling points is divided into 100 equal parts, and the zero is placed at the freezing point. 27. In some countries the scale of Reaumur is used, in...

...and by commencing the graduation 32° belowfreezing point, so that the freezing point is marked 32°, the boiling point 212°. In the centigrade thermometer...stood at F° and the centigrade at C°, we should have F°— 32 C° 180 ~TOO Ex. 30. — The density of water is greatest at 3°-9 on the centigrade scale:...

...conspicuous exception. at a given height). This fact, therefore, supplies a second fixed point, and is called boiling point, viz., when the barometer stands at...stood at F° and the centigrade at c°, we should have F°— 32 _ c° 180 100 Ex. 30. — The density of water is greatest at 3°-9 on the centigrade scale...

...is called boiling point, viz., when the barometer stands at 30 inches. These two points beingfixed, the graduation is arbitrary. The scale of Fahrenheit's...stood at F° and the centigrade at c°, we should have F°— 32 _ c° 180 "lOO Ex. 30. — The density of water is greatest at 3°'9 on the centigrade scale...

...In the centigrade thermometer (commonly used in France) the graduation begins at the freezingpoint, and the interval between the freezing and boiling...stood at F° and the centigrade at c°, we should have j'j- 32 c° 180~ "100 Ex. 30. — The density of water is greatest at 3°~9 on the centigrade scale...

...France is the centigrade, in which the freezing point of water is the zero of the scale. The distance between the freezing and boiling points is divided into 100 equal parts. Consequently one degree corresponds to nearly two degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer mud in England,...