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From: bage@utah-cs.UUCP (Goran Bage)
Newsgroups: sci.misc
Subject: Re: metric system
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Date: Thu, 6-Aug-87 12:51:34 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  6 12:51:34 1987
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In article <238@etn-rad.UUCP> jru@etn-rad.UUCP (0000-John Unekis) writes:
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>   In the metric system, we use degrees centigrade. The centigrade scale

I think the metric temperature degrees are named Celsius, not centigrades,
in recognition of Anders Celsius who invented the 100 degree, freezing
to boiling point scale.
   --Goran Bage
     bage@cs.utah.edu