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From: dgary@ecsvax.UUCP (D Gary Grady)
Newsgroups: sci.misc
Subject: Re: metric system
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Date: Thu, 6-Aug-87 16:53:52 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  6 16:53:52 1987
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Summary: origin of zero on fahrenheit scale

For the record, 0 degrees F is the temperature at which saturated brine
freezes.
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D Gary Grady
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