What Scale Did Thermometers Use Before Celsius/Fahrenheit?

[@ヴァリ-z3e]

3:44 "He got _really_ into alchemy in his later years, after losing all his money betting on stocks... he truly was ahead of his time." That one legitimately got me to lol. Kudos!

[@silentdrew7636]

As I recall that story was one of the first series by Extra History

[@Altorin]

"In order to turn lead into gold, Newton needed to accurately measure temperature." Obviously.

[@lucasbeck1391]

He needed to know the exact temperature when he succeded

[@foty8679]

I mean, in todays world we could totaly do that, but it wouldnt be cost effective.

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[@dillonvandergriff4124]

@@foty8679 There's also the tiny detail that gold made from lead is radioactive, and eventually decays back into lead.

[@ThatGeezer]

It will happen when hell freezes over, obviously.

[@janvesely6353]

I found quite funny that original Celsius' scale was inverted, 100 representing freezing point and 0 the boiling one. Obviously it didn't last long before others changed it to what we know today.

[@JonatasAdoM]

Imagine saying the sun is -5505 Celsius.

[@boldCactuslad]

The old one was better, even with its problems. Now we're stuck with water boiling at 99.984 deg C and melting/freezing at -0.0001 deg C, of course as an added insult this requires the pressure to be 1 ATM, which itself was just a close measurement of pressure based on local atmospheric conditions and gravity at a specific place and time during that conference...

[@janvesely6353]

​@@boldCactuslad well, this is why we use Kelvin if the stuff gets too scientific.

[@fireaza]

I like to imagine when Celsius unveiled the original scale, someone smacked him across the face and pointed out that it should obviously be the other way around.

[@ChasmChaos]

@@fireaza why is it obvious?

[@jovanweismiller7114]

You neglected to mention that Fahrenheit intended 100 degrees to be the normal temperature of the human body, but he was off by 1.4 degrees.

[@LFTRnow]

It was originally set to be 90, then later 96. Wikipedia "The other limit established was his best estimate of the average human body temperature, originally set at 90 °F, then 96 °F" (search "Fahrenheit")

[@sarahbell2566]

I did not know that, actually super interesting.

[@stopitnowlol6697]

the human body temp ranges alot, from around 97F to 100F, so it depends on who waas used

[@mydogbullwinkle]

He wasn't off by 1.4 degrees, he was measuring the average human body temperature *_before_* the advent of modern medicine and antibiotics.

[@seanarki]

It was set to 96 because the fahrenheit system was meant to be divided into eighths from what I understand. Freezing point of water was made to be one eighth up the scale, and body temperature was 3 eighths up the scale. The boiling point of water was set as 8 eighths up the scale. (lmk if i’m wrong btw)

[@youngkim5909]

Narrator: "Celsius is clearly superior to Farenheit" Me: "Laughts in Kelvin"

[@Nike_IV]

We all know that Kelvin is great but he was just talking about Fahrenheit and Celsius, he never said anything about Kelvin being bad

[@suqma]

also kelvin is based off celsius too

[@meson2439]

and Physicist nowdays laughs in MeV

[@cc0767]

Kelvin is just an extension of Celsius

[@fyang1429]

Kelvin? That stuff 1.8 times more inferior to Rankine?

[@_Mr.Tuvok_]

Rømer discovering the speed of light, but also a good thermometer calibration formula is just full of the exaggerated swagger of a Danish astronomer.

[@disputedname]

And the butchering of how he said it was equally funny

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[@SonVo-df6hd]

FYI, The Caduceus of the Greek god Hermes is not the correct medical symbol, it is the The Rod of Asclepius. Interesting story how this got confused actually, could be a worthwhile sidetrack.

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[@has25252]

As an American, I must condemn this heresy. However, I believe this is probably the best video your channel has produced to date. Everything was tight and the animations were even better than usual. Great work!!

[@ibtaba]

I dare say this video should be classified as blasphemy.

[@lordphonix0994]

If you say this video is heresy it is like Fahrenheit

[@LadyLeiaRowan]

As a Canadian, I agree with you. I hate celcius. We grew up with normal measures and in the late 70s, Trudeau betrayed us with this damn french system.

[@lordphonix0994]

@@tauntingeveryone7208 it is pretty clear Celsius goes from 0 is freezing water to 100 is boiling water

[@sheepketchup9059]

@@tauntingeveryone7208 you have it exactly backwards. Celsius is superior, it's a no-brainer honestly.

[@LFTRnow]

Also interesting, Celsius started out with 0 for boiling water and 100 for freezing (higher numbers were colder) but since then the world flipped it around. Though the best (but not popular) temperature scale is Kelvin. Since it is not relative you don't put "degrees" but just give a Kelvin value, ie 300K. It starts at absolute zero so now you can measure when heat doubles, which 50C to 100C is not a doubling. It is also extensively used in physics.

[@musAKulture]

yes. unfortunately though for everyday life objects, a number between 200~ to 300~ degrees just don't strike as strongly as 20~100 degrees

[@unaihmg9352]

Celcius is Kelvin but starts at freezing temperature of water, -273 C is 0 Kelvin, 0C is 273K and 100C is 373K

[@BGerbs66]

Rankine is better than Kelvin

[@taoliu3949]

@@unaihmg9352 Celcius uses reference points, which is why it must be described as "degrees". Kelvin is a direct measurement of thermal energy.

[@magicalnoodles]

The current Celsius + Kelvin system is perfect. Celsius is great for all daily usage things, like knowing the outside temperature, cooking purposes etc. Meanwhile, Kelvin relies on the existence of absolutely zero, which wasn't recognised until really recently in history. This makes it great for science purposes as one needs a more absolutely reference when handling the rules of the world.

[@jeremyblade7561]

I would agree that Celsius is better, if you didn't have to use decimal point to show when the temp changes enough to feel. I mean seriously, it's like 10 degrees from too cold to too hot.

[@spacecase0]

The temperature scale is called centigrade. The guy's name was Celsius. I don't know why they renamed it after him when he explicitly asked people not to

[@tie-dyeshyguy3237]

Probably because Danny Fahrenheit set the Standard for How we “name” temperature systems

[@flamespear86]

You left out the part where 96 on the Fahrenheit scale was supposed to be the temperature of the human body. This got screwed up when it was adjusted to fit the Celsius system so that 98.6° was the human body temperature on 37° c. Both of which are silly numbers for taking temperature.

[@thechickenfriedredneck910]

Most people are closer to 96 degrees anyway.

[@yakitatefreak]

And Celcius was originally supposed to start at the boiling point of water at 0 and the freezing point at 100.

[@CatCube2]

96 might or might not be a "silly" number for temperature measurements (though the concept of a "silly" number for measuring is itself pretty silly), but when you're manufacturing a graduated scale 96 is way, way, way, better than 100. 96 is 32 * 3. Or, 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 3. Dividing things into tenths is stupid hard--it requires precision equipment--while dividing things into halves is stupid easy. You were taught how to do it in like 9th grade using a ruler and a compass. (And a piece of string and a nail could be used for the compass.) So if you have 96 degrees, you can just mark your endpoints at zero and 96 by putting the thermometer in your references, then make the rest of the scale by repeatedly subdividing, and having the end user estimate the third points to get to the nearest degree. Why 96 instead of 128? They did want to have about 100--decimal system and all--and 96 is the closest to 100 with this highly-composite property. It's allowing a little compromise to get some desirable properties and accepting some downsides.

[@mydogbullwinkle]

@@CatCube2 I agree with your point about the ease of operating with halves. I've come across plenty of metric-or-die folks who've struggled with the concept of 1/64th of an inch. The poor fools...

[@davidioanhedges]

The normal human body is at a temperature of 97°F (36.1°C) to 99°F (37.2°C) .. So it's not a good basis for a temperature scale ...

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How did I barely stumble upon this gem of a channel?

[@LilShakkas]

Kelvin is the truly superior system of measurement!!

[@overdose8329]

Kelvin is just Celsius with a different starting point for zero

[@chris1141987]

The kelvinist revolution will prevail!

[@andrew7955]

No Celsius is just kelvin with a different starting point for zero >:(

[@1985donaldschuster]

I prefer Kevins

[@boldCactuslad]

rankine is for chads only, you lot can keep your silly derivatives of fahrenheit, celcius and kelvin both!

[@jimtaylor294]

What's rather ironic is that it's often claimed that °C is Metric, and °F is Imperial/Federal ... and yet *both* assertions are wrong... because °C & °F predate both systems of measurement (as we would recognize them anyway, for Imperial was formally introduced in 1824, and Metric didn't become a complete system until much later). Great Britain would outdo both european's though, by coming up with both °K and °R, which are each far more useful scientifically.

[@the13nthpartyboy]

Man. Britain started with the Imperial system and just kept chuggin' along with those great ideas for measurement.

[@taoliu3949]

It's just K or R, there is no degree sign.

[@jimtaylor294]

@@taoliu3949 I wrote it that way, for the sake of consistency.

[@sebastienmorel2950]

You forgot to mention René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur who invented the alcohol thermometer in 1730 and a temperature scale, originally ranging from zero (= freezing point of water) to 80 (= boiling point of ethanol, which was the maximum temperature his thermometer could indicate). This scale was later modified to have 80°R = boiling point of water. Hence 1°R = 1.25°C.

[@likebot.]

Canada is a little bilingual when it comes to temperature. We often use Freedomheat when speaking of body temperature and indoor temperature and have no issue switching back and forth when the temp is between 32 and 212F. We also like to measure our body height in Yankee Degrees too. I'm five-nine but have no idea what I am in logical units.

[@zaek2144]

Around 1m and 75 cm

[@overdose8329]

Where in Canada do you use Fahrenheit? I’ve never seen it used. Ever. I’ve seen pounds and kilograms, feet and inches vs metres and centimetres but never such heresy

[@gooby8953]

Like how Australians use the metric system in all aspects of life except for measuring specific body parts, where they use inches

[@cgmason7568]

I've always heard it as government regulated stuff is Metric, and personal stuff is imperial.

[@likebot.]

@@cgmason7568 We're not actually bound by law to use Metric in commerce and industry but a standard is convenient. It's more like stadard use of English is different from England, Canada and the USA. We still buy our lumber in Imperial lengths and build walls with Imperial distances between studs. We used the British Imperial system before switching to Metric, the US Imperial system is different when measuring volume. Something like the "Gimli Glider" incident could still have happened without us switching to Metric. Our Quart was 25% larger than the USA's but something funny happened on the way to the Litre... we now use the American Imperial system for volume and now our quart is _smaller_ than a litre instead of significantly larger.

[@Eboreg2]

If you ask me, a temperature of 100 is much more instinctively apparent of being "F---ing hot!" than a temperature of 40.

[@heres1for2day]

Fun fact, the ferinhighet scale dose better at telling what temp the body is at.

[@GeminiS...]

I'm getting a lot better at guessing the Celsius equivalent of Fahrenheit temperatures. Now I'm usually only off by about 2-5 degrees

[@israeldelarosa5461]

That's still up to a 9 degree difference of temperature in Fahrenheit. That's quite a lot.

[@suqma]

@@israeldelarosa5461 indeed

[@dangerjoe8911]

Is that a Pun?

[@GeminiS...]

@@dangerjoe8911 not a pun but I do see it.

[@GeminiS...]

@@israeldelarosa5461 I'm working on it lol

[@decker528]

Thank you for recognizing us rebellious colonists and how we stubbornly use our own system. We do, however, use Celsius a large amount. Its just not used with the ambient temperature and the weather very often

[@chrishuey9855]

if it aint science we do not use celsius

[@batmenace15]

I still argue that Fahrenheit is better for measuring weather temperatures

[@MrRatchet12661]

How about adapting normal units in general? Metric system, L/Km instead of Gallons per Mile, DD/MM/YYYY instead of your stupid MM/DD/YYYY and a 24h clock.

[@decker528]

@@MrRatchet12661 no deal

[@TrentCantrell]

I would adopt the metric system yesterday but the rest of the world can keep Celsius. Fahrenheit is just fine enough a measurement that I can feel a degree of difference while Celsius seems to broad unless you want to use decimals.

[@TrueFlameslinger]

I've found that seems to be an issue with everything Metric. Base 10 is just lackluster for divisiblity without going into decimals

[@valentinmitterbauer4196]

@@TrueFlameslinger You don't have to use decimals, you just scale your measuring unit. For example, normally cm is used for mundane topics, but when it comes to blueprints or wrought material people use mm, so instead of saying "This bolt is 1,4 cm" they say "this bolt is 14 mm". Same works for litres, square meters, kilograms. You can also use it for extreme measurements, like a femtometer, which is the radius of a proton.

[@ninjaswordtothehead]

The only thing sillier than using the Fahrenheit scale, would be measuring weight in something like 'stones'.

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[@natyalim]

This is glorious and informative at the same time.

[@ikad5229]

Great video as always! I didn't know that termomethers were something of the 17 and 18th centuries, I was thinking more of the late 19th century.

[@Tuning3434]

Late 19th century is Kelvin, Maxwell, Röntgen, Curie, Darwin, etc. Definitely wrapping up the last methodology of medicine, chemistry, electronical laws and the first attempts of defining nuclear and radiological physics. Basically 90% of what you are taught in highschool level physics, maths, chemistry, etc is that 'late 19th century'. Its the era when modern (Western) infrastructure was build and when the Victorian class system got torn down to allow a large part of the general population (not accounting segregation) access to higher scientific education. Darwin was born in a well established wealthy family of physicians and successful factory owners (Wedgewood!), Einstein was born in a somewhat financially struggling family of salesmen (although his father was partially trained as an electrical engineer).

[@floriankurtz1251]

This Video was made by Celsius Gang

[@zacharyscott8083]

This video will one day be hijacked by Kelvin gang, our members are few, but one day we will rise from the ashes.

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Lol I’m in the rare Fahrenheit gang.

[@dermotmeaney]

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[@overdose8329]

@@zacharyscott8083 kelvin is just Celsius at a different zero point. It’s the same thing

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@@SideQuestYT I highly doubt it

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Yeah the music didn't quite fit right.

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[@inthso362]

"On a scale of 1 to 10, how warm is it?" "Yes."

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The narrator's voice and commentary is pure gold.

[@TheAIKnowledgeHub]

Did the video on how Celsius came around come out yet?

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[@Erewhon2024]

While one could argue that the Celsius scale is intuitive, you must realize that both the freezing and boiling points of water (or really anything else) are dependent on (atmospheric aka ambient) pressure and therefore will be measured differently at various altitudes. Both Fahrenheit and Celsius are really only useful for reporting a (relative) temperature, and as Fahrenheit has the finer scale (1 degree F is narrower than 1 degree C) it can carry more information than than Celsius without resorting to decimals. A really useful scale, one that can be used for math (e.g. in the ideal gas law or other equations of state, in chemical kinetics etc) as well as reporting, requires a temperature with an absolute zero, like Rankine or Kelvin. Admittedly we probably needed an inkling of atomic theory to even visualize what 0 should mean, before we could come up with scales like that.

[@mnm1273]

Obviously Kelvin would be rubbish for talking about temperature as you'd be distinguishing in between triple digits. The level of accuracy Farenheit adds is frankly useless. You're not quibbling over a degree anyway. 0 and 100 in Celsius are intuitive temperature we can comprehend. But the main advantage is that Celsius is used in most of the world. So communicates more information to most people.

[@ptonpc]

@@mnm1273 I find it amazing that the same people (certain Americans) always claim Fahrenheit is superior in some way because of a 'finer scale'. I've had more than one try to claim Fahrenheit is the Christian temperature scale. Or that Celsius is some sort of left wing plot to weaken America.

[@MisterOcclusion]

maybe, but I just want to know whether I need gloves or shorts or if the snow might melt today

[@PvblivsAelivs]

@@ptonpc The "trying to weaken America" model is an interesting one. It suggests that countries, already using some or all of the same measurement scales as the U.S. would change to a different system, declare it "superior" and assert that the U.S. was somehow "wrong" for continuing to use sets of measurements that had already been in use and applying an "it's not broken, don't fix it" mindset. But we all know, the U.S. with its superiority complex threw out the exising metric system to institute its own system of feet, pounds, and British Thermal Units.

[@Erewhon2024]

@@mnm1273 As I said, Kelvin or Rankine are needed for (chemistry / physics etc) calculations. Triple digits don't bother me, but you do you. Frankly with Fahrenheit, triple digits aren't rare in some climates, and for most fevers, anyway. If you are just going to talk about the weather, use whatever is locally customary / familiar. I really don't talk about the weather with folks outside my country (and barely do so outside my own town), so Celsius being "familiar to more people" is 100% irrelevant. As far as the finer scale being irrelevant, I guess it depends on why you are watching temperature. For determining how to dress, I agree, and even the local (Yankee area) news practice of quoting the day's high during winter (which exasperates the hell out of me--as a Southerner, I expect to hear about the lows in winter and highs in summer since the extremes are what can injure plants or pets) may be almost tolerable. I can tell you that when I lived in Florida, 18F was meaningfully different than 20F. Both would be about -10C, I think. Yet I had many plants that sailed through 20F (and didn't even show damage in the upper 20s) but would die to the ground without protection at 18F. I need to know when to move stuff indoors, turn on the sprinkler (water releases heat as it freezes), etc.

[@lakrids-pibe]

Hello from Denmark. Yes, this is how the *ø* in Rømer is pronounced. It's not 'Ole Romer'

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[@DaveHonkles]

Fahrenheit: 0 cold, 100 hot Celsius: 0 cold, 100 dead

[@neonwhitea.1548]

This is the biggest argument for F supremacy

[@TheLoneTerran]

I use Celsius for scientific measurements but prefer Fahrenheit for every day temperatures. I just don't like decimals in my temps haha.

[@babygorilla4233]

I'ma leave my guess at start and see if I get it. I think it's Fahrenheit, it happens to line up with the thermal expansion of mecurey*. And I'm wrong 40 seconds in.

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I'm impressed you looked up how to pronounce Rømer and not just read it as Romer. 👍

[@matthewsharrar9712]

*American super confused by Title* Great videos just binged your whole channel!

[@donotneed2250]

He also failed to mention Centigrade was the term used BEFORE Celsius was used. Centigrade is what we used in the 1960's when I was in elementary school. I didn't start hearing it called Celsius until the first time I went to South Korea in 1976. I had to enlighten a certain math teacher of this in 1984 when I was in technical school.

[@mnm1273]

The fact you used centigrade when you were younger doesn't mean it was used before Celsius

[@adamchristensen8566]

And I'd rebel again...but I'd keep metric. The money saved on not needing two sets of wrenches...my god. It's worth thinking 34 degrees is unbearably hot.

[@suqma]

smh idk why but that remark offended me

[@adamchristensen8566]

@@suqma It's because you can't find your 10mm socket.

[@suqma]

@@adamchristensen8566 ?

[@suqma]

@@adamchristensen8566 i didn't mean to be disrespectful, it was just weird

[@adamchristensen8566]

@@suqma no, no...I'm laughing with you...losing your 10mm wrench/sockets is a mechanic joke

[@nicolaijeppesen1528]

Impressed with your pronunciation of the name Ole Rømer.

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the only channel where you get facts and entertainment in beautiful Shakespearian English.

[@Crimson_Hawk_01]

When it comes to landing men on the moon there are two kinds of countries. Those that use Fahrenheit and those that well don’t land on the moon.

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Under rated comment

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[@poplaflop909]

They used the ouch and that's cold scale

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[@pokeman747]

Farhrenheit has its uses I prefer to use it when cooking. But I mostly use British Imperial measures too

[@goofygrandlouis6296]

That's bad. Please update, like the rest of the planet.

[@pokeman747]

@@goofygrandlouis6296 base 12 is superior to decimal. Imperial measures are more intuitive. Get out of here with your silly French measures.

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[@Bob-qk2zg]

Whew! The weather is rough today. It's 30 degrees.

[@williamrobbins2939]

Wow no nod to Kelvin or Rankine. That hurts.

[@whtiequillBj]

This is a tinesy note here. Everything is affected by pressure! If you raise or lower the pressure which a is substance in that very stable substance, it will eventually freeze or boil. So an addendum here would be to say that the mixture of "Ice, Water and Ammonium Chloride", at atmospheric pressure, is stable.

[@MrRShoaf]

The degree F supposed smallest amount of change that the body can feel. Also most people experience most of their life between 0 and 100 so it is very useful in describing your environment.

[@captrobmiller6095]

Fahrenheit describes how people feel, Celsius describes how water feels, Kelvin describes how atoms feel.

[@davidioanhedges]

Fahrenheit is based on the freezing temperature of a solution of brine made from a mixture of water, ice, and ammonium chloride (a salt), and human body temperature (which he got wrong) ... one most people call too cold and the other is far too hot ... but Celsius ... -20 is too cold- -10 is very cold, 0 is freezing, 10 is a bit chilly, 20 is normal, 30 is hot, and 40 is too hot ...

[@TheAmericanCatholic]

@@davidioanhedges I prefer a 100 degree difference in how humans perceive temperature compared to a 60 degree difference in both negative and positive values. Metric is superior to use for mathematic and scientific uses because it is based on scientific constants like the speed of light(1/299,792,458 traveled in second is a mete) . But it can be odd for me to use in everyday life using meters 1/299,792,458 is hard to conceptualize compared to my foot which while being different size for different people it’s relatable.

[@Mrstreet1999]

@@TheAmericanCatholic you’re only saying metric is hard to conceptualise because you don’t use the metric system, I know a metre is roughly a long stride, or from my nipple to my outstretched hand, I use this for rough measuring at work everyday. I’m English, we use both imperial and metric, and metric is by far easier. We are taught to measure our own weight in stone and lb however most people nowadays use Kg because it is so much easier to understand and conceptualise. Same with Celsius. If it’s below 0 it’s gunna be cold and icy outside, near 0 and you’ll need a coat, above 15 and you’re sound. Oh and your kettle boils at 100 degrees. It’s so much easier.

[@ZakiyHanafi]

@@TheAmericanCatholic that is because you grow up with imperial units, meanwhile i have no problem conceptualize how long a meter is because i grew up with metric units

[@Tuning3434]

@@TheAmericanCatholic Bit of a random example imho: for all practical purposes: speed travels at 300.000 km/s, a kg is a Liter of water at room temperature = about 10N of force. While distance (and this includes feet, because the scientific definition of a feet has been linked via the meter!) has been defined via seconds and speed of light in a vacuum, that is added on the definition, and not part of its history or general usage. That like saying it is difficult to conceptualize a feet to be 1/983,571,056. Just as true, and just as unpractical as something to conceptualize it on. Humans are bad at large numbers. As said below, a meter is roughly a long stride, or roughly the distance from the ground to my navel while standing up. For anything more precise, you take a measurement tool. And then it doesn't really matter if that ruler is in feet or meters, except the conversions to other (common) units is a lot easier to do in metric.

[@WintrBorn]

The benefit of Fahrenheit is that the measurements are far more granular - useful for deciding what to wear for the day. If I know the low is 45 and the high is 72, I can wear a hoodie all day comfortably, and be alright after dark. While ~7 to 22 doesn’t really show the wide variation of the feel. Of course, if I need to measure carefully, or worse, do actual mathematics, I want metric. I do wish we didn’t have such antigovernment people here so we could make the switch.

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[@JosephNalbone]

I think that a temperature scale with, as I understand it, 100 being the highest expected daily temperature (albeit, in Europe in a past century) and 0 being the lowest expected daily temperature makes more sense as the de facto temperature scale. Additionally, it is granular enough to show variations clearly. A separate, scientific scale, with 0 being the freezing point of water at sea level and 100 the boiling point of water makes sense in that scenario. Especially because I expect the scientist to have calibrated instruments that can read to several significant numbers. If not, than the granularity of a 32 to 212 scale makes more sense to me.

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[@slevinchannel7589]

I like how this video here teaches Facts without getting boring or not being entertaining. Makes me wanna yell from the rooftops to all here: Oversimplififed, UpIsNotJump, Hbomberguy, Logicked, Zod and others do the same!

[@ADT1995]

As an American I recognize that Celsius makes more sense conceptually.... I also have no idea if 30 degrees C is room temperature or slightly chilly because I don't stick my hand in boiling water if I can help it, Fahrenheit seems natural to me because it is what I grew up with, and I'm sure the reverse applies to most other nations, but the fact remains that if you give me a temperature in Celsius unless you are within a degree or two of 0 or 100 then I have absolutely no concept of what temperature it is Going to my previous example I know that 100=212, so 50 is around 106, and 30 is 3/5s of 50 so I'd guess 30 is around the upper 50s lower 60s range, so fairly chilly, definitely jacket weather.

[@abdulmasaiev9024]

30*C is actually neither of those. A room at 30*C is in the real of "uncomfortably warm". Your math doesn't work because Fahrenheit and Celcius don't use the same thing as 0, so you can't just move them in proportion but also have to do a shift to compensate. Thus x in Celcius is 1.8x+32 in Fahrenheit, and therefore 30*C = 86F.

[@SiriusMined]

It only "makes more sense" if you're dealing with water

[@ADT1995]

@@abdulmasaiev9024 well that just proves my point that I have no concept of what a degree in Celsius is unless it's close to either 0 or 100. At first glance I thought 30 would be cold, but 86 is definitely summer weather. Thanks for correcting my math and giving me a formula to use, so at least now I can get a little bit of an idea of what the temperature is in C. If I'm ever abroad though I'll still need to use a converter.

[@abdulmasaiev9024]

@@SiriusMined Which... we deal with all the time in some way or another, water being a crucial component of weather. Celcius makes perfect sense to me while Fahrenheit is weird, but that's admittedly probably because I've never used it and so always have to convert "so what is it in a Real Scale" if I have to deal with temperatures in F.

[@abdulmasaiev9024]

@@stingcool9455 By "other scales" you mean specifically Fahrenheit. I haven't seen anyone shittalk Kelvin. There's honestly no real practical difference between Celcius and Fahrenheit as it's all about just what you happen to be used to. Except what Celcius has going for it is it's used sooooooooooooooo much more widely than Fahrenheit (just thinking of countries, but there's also the other uses like in science, especially with how neatly it matches with Kelvin), so if we were to finally standardise which would be pretty nice as the need to convert is a pointless annoyance, it makes sense to do so by switching one country over to what the rest of the world uses rather than try to to switch the entire world over to what that one country uses. There is in fact no value in keeping Fahrenheit around, its existence just makes it harder on everybody.

[@poiu477]

Fahrenheit is better for describing outside air temp better than celsius, more accuracy without decimals

[@agentalucard]

lol I've never heard someone call them Freedom Units. Sounds more like a double entendre. That had me rollin'

[@mr.seagull1091]

Why on earth does this not have more views and likes?!

[@frojoe2004]

okay, each scale (celcius, Kelvin, Ferenhight) has it's own best uses. In chemistry and physics, Kelvin and Celcius are probably your go to depending on the circumstances, but Ferenhight has it's advantages when discussing weather. Firstly, it's human scale. Below 0 is when weather becomes deadly cold and above 100 deadly hot. Also, the units in this scale measure smaller changes of degrees which leads to greater accuracy without the need to get into decimals or fractions. These are clear advantages to discussing the very specific use case of weather on a human, local, scale.

[@Gatinois]

Boiling and freezing water at 100 and 0 are quite simple to use on a " human scale ".

[@BadgerCheese94]

@@Gatinois When is it ever 100 C outside? Weather wise its useless. Even when cooking you arent sticking a thermometer to cook pasta lol

[@TickedOffPriest]

All the questions that you always wanted the answers to, but never thought to ask.

[@slevinchannel7589]

I like how this video here teaches Facts without getting boring or not being entertaining. Makes me wanna yell from the rooftops to all here: Oversimplififed, UpIsNotJump, Hbomberguy, Logicked, Zod and others do the same!

[@narayanankutty5496]

You forgot to mention that Celsius actually put 100 degrees for ice and 0 degrees for boiling water

[@strider04]

I was really hoping you would mention the other scales but oh well

[@gov2260]

Fahrenheit is clearly more accurate then Celsius. Regarding the weather 1 deg Celsius covers many types of snow. This alone renders Celsius useless.

[@OggeViking]

Jesus christ, you guys are laughable. If you're that invested in snow analysis, just use decimals then. - 0.01°C, there solved it for you. Fahrenheit never wins, when will you learn?

[@gov2260]

@@OggeViking Celsius needs video's like this supporting it, Fahrenheit does not, everyone already knows it is superior. When will you learn. Some countries use Celsius others put men on the Moon, Like 50 years ago. Mic drop.

[@OggeViking]

@@gov2260 Yes, of course. They Celsius users would be doomed without the videos, for sure. Do you think it's a coincidence 99% of the world already adopted it? We'll see, maybe the world will start switching to the superior Fahrenheit soon. The men on the moon was very impressive back then, indeed. Still is, a true achievement! I wonder if Nasa will switch back to Fahrenheit for the next mission, or will they keep on working with Celsius, like they have for the last 30 years? Pick that mic up again so I can hear your thoughts!

[@brokenbridge6316]

Nice video

[@danielthompson6207]

How does one convert these to maple leafs per beaver?

[@felixnilsson2440]

Why the hell didn't this channel show up in my recommendations until now??

[@Mortablunt]

There are two kinds of countries in the world: countries which have landed on the moon, and countries which use metric. And yes the lunar spacecraft were designed and built using freedom units.

[@joela2885]

So the fact that you are no longer able to go to the moon (and not so long ago the ISS) is because since then the NASA switched to metric? ;)

[@Mortablunt]

@@joela2885 Eurojelly is amusing.

[@boldCactuslad]

@@joela2885 actually humans can't go to the moon any more because we lost the secret nazi space technology after the cold war, metric was just a small contributing factor to our decline as a species /s

[@bennygoat]

China and Russia have also been to the moon and use metric There's two kinds of countries in the world: those who have affordable healthcare, and those who boast of something increasingly unimpressive from over 50 years ago

[@Mortablunt]

@@bennygoat So put men on the moon then if it's so easy.

[@-l_gavin_l-]

I, for one, appreciate the chicken humor.

[@bettya.k.abetty8259]

I'm American but I prefer Celsius due to me living in Canada most of my life. I live in California now but I cannot tell you how weird fahrenheit was to get used to when you equate 26 degrees to nice weather

[@BadgerCheese94]

26 F is nice weather to me. I love winter ;)

[@sovietunion7643]

@@BadgerCheese94 average north dakota inhabitant

[@BadgerCheese94]

@@sovietunion7643 I live in Minnesota. Dont insult me like that ever again

[@sovietunion7643]

@@BadgerCheese94 you mean little dakota? i hear they have good weather there so thats where they keep most of the wealth that should be in north dakota

[@TomTom-xy1cz]

i’ve been watching your videos for a time now and enjoy them alot! Also I love how theses videos give me Don’t starve together vibes. (keep up the great work!)

[@334outdoors8]

Celsius makes sense for science Fahrenheit makes sense for humans working and exercising outside

[@jimmyyu2184]

"Celsius 232.778" just doesn't sound right for a book title.

[@abrahamdrinkin3499]

How? Just..... fucking HOW does this brilliant channel not have IMMENSELY MORE SUBSCRIBERS?!?!! what is wrong with this world?!

[@mnm1273]

his channel has already doubled in size in about three days.

[@hellhound74]

It'll be discovered and get big soom

[@ShynLamo]

Celsius is much easier to comprehend and a bit better with accuracy in certain areas. While the American scale is a bit spread out and makes large temperatures more extreme looking

[@pauliewalnuts2527]

Trust me, there are many Americans that wished we switch to the metric system already. Also the thermo scope looks like a smoking apperatise.

[@sovietunion7643]

ehhh, i prefer saying "its 105 outside we are in hell" than "its 41.654232 Celisus outside" hearing any number being compared to 100 as hot as hell has a better mental feel for me to understand than decimals around 40

[@twostep1953]

Someone with a British accent, the nation of farthings, ha'pennies, pence, shillings, crowns, bobs, and pounds - not to mention pints - claiming Celsius is superior ?! At least use a French accent! Fahrenheit is superior for several reasons. Fahrenheit's thermometer was designed to measure the freezing and/or melting points of (almost) EVERYTHING; there is more to life than just water. Erik Johnson and Mortablunt covered the rest of what I would say.

[@OggeViking]

Yes, but we interact with water all the time, so it's a great reference.

[@sovietunion7643]

@@OggeViking we interact with outside weather more than water and a "0 is deathly cold and 100 is hell itself" scale works better than celisus and its decimals to me

[@roystonlodge]

That's not what "beg the question" means!!!! ;-)

[@edhofiko7624]

Funny is, the SI unit for temperature is neither celcius or fahrenheit but in kelvin.

[@joshhouse6857]

Thermoscopes isnt a very good name for underwear but it'd be a brand I fully trust

[@nicosfutureson4450]

In Australia we only have three temperatures fkn hot fkn cold and fkn humid

[@buddermonger2000]

0:17 That one country and its direct satellite states yes (Liberia American colony and Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Palau let you travel to the US without a passport)

[@TheRev0]

Great video! Excellent voice acting and production as well. A hidden gem.

[@zekel787]

The background music sounds kinda like "Low Rider" by War

[@Dareeude]

I noticed you rolled your 'r's when mentioning Ole Rømer, note that we don't do that in Danish

[@SideQuestYT]

Ah, I see, thanks for mentioning it! I found a lot of conflicting pronunciations online, so I wasn't sure which one to roll with.

[@Dareeude]

@@SideQuestYT no worries, I find google translate tends to produce a fairly accurate result: translate.google.com/?ui=tob&sl=da&tl=de&text=ole%20r%C3%B8mer&op=translate

[@fladigman]

when it comes to temperature scales america is the kid that wants to ”stand out”

[@DevinDTV]

No one can seem to produce a convincing reason for why celsius is better than fahrenheit. They just say "0 and 100 are based on water phase changes at sea level!!" as if that's somehow relevant to anyone's interests. Kelvin, on the other hand, is clearly superior, because ratios as measured by Kelvin correspond to actual ratios in the physical system, unlike with c and f. For example, 100 k is twice as hot as 50 k, but the same is not true for either c or f.

[@bentimmer295]

It's crazy to think that just a few guys were making all these discoveries in all these separate fields at roughly the same time. Obviously not all of them were alive at the same time, but do we know if the ones that were alive at the same time corresponded regularly?

[@leadharsh0616]

I don't think so. my high school biology textbook even mentions how Gregory Mendel and Charles Darwin, both super into genetics and evolution, and alive at roughly same times, would've been enlightened with each others discoveries, but didm't even know about each other

[@bentimmer295]

@@leadharsh0616 that's a bummer. They should have started by discovering email first lol

[@leadharsh0616]

@@bentimmer295 lol

[@ferretyluv]

I always thought they were called Galileo thermometers. Never heard them called thermoscopes. I’m disappointed there’s no mention of Rankine.

[@compatriot852]

I never understand why Brits defend the Metric system so much. I thought they dislike France, so why are they bending the knee so hard a French imposed unit system?

[@rob585]

I guess because they prefer the French over the Americans (gasp), even though America uses the Imperial system developed by the British

[@Captain_Yorkie1]

We're more of a mix of Metric and Imperial. So we can defend metric but we won't be the same as France.

[@lookoutforchris]

@@rob585 America has never used the Imperial System. Go look it up before you argue. And the Brits are not fully metric, they used a mixed system just like the US.

[@MittiMaten]

because the metric system actually makes sense

[@jek__]

Lol, because not everything is about fulfilling ancient military grudges?

[@STho205]

You guys are all very silly. Both scales are DESIGNED by naturalist early scientists for specific purposes. Extending your cockrel plumes because of whatever your community or foreparent chose to use, is like a 5 year old proud because his dad has golf clubs. F is a scale of animal husbandry and normal range of temperatures found in middle Europe 0 to 100. It is a centigrade system just as Celcius is. Celsius was a chemists system for boiling water point pulled backward to freezing. 0 to -100, flipped for commoner usage as negatives were confusing to Jean the peasant. C is simply another centigrade system using a different range based this time on water state. Water state was also becoming a very important engineering aspect at the time...steam industry. For everyday use the F is more natural to you. 0 to 100 is survivable without extreme shelter. 0 cold, 100 hot. In a cold climate population like Northern Europe a 32 day is not that bad, 1p is cold, but a 90 day is hot. Rate you and your animals feeling of heat on a scale 1 to 10. However if you get used to operating from -18 to 37 in normal daily life then C feels familiar over time, but in everyday comfort conversation it is as awkward as when we discuss liquid water at 32 to 212F The universe, however, is not base 10, but the simple finger counting and decimal slide became a convenient trick in the 18th century as people overthrew their sultans and scribes....and the great unwashed put on suits to sit in government council, officers quarters, build estates and business.