and Fahrenheit is calibrated to the comfort of humans: Zero degrees Celsius is the freezing point of water. (It's 32 degrees Fahrenheit.) 100 degrees Celsius is the boiling point of water.

Indeed, “any scale, including Fahrenheit or Celsius or even Réaumur ... and 100 to be the freezing point – but, since that makes no sense, it was quickly reversed by other scientists.

Most countries moved to Celsius in 1960 — it’s easier for calculations, because it uses 0 degrees as the freezing point of water and 100 degrees as the boiling point. Fahrenheit, in contrast ...

and the freezing point at 32 degrees. It's 53 degrees and sunny in Calgary. I've been here in November blizzards when the temperature was so low Fahrenheit and Celsius were the same. I'm bringing ...

The French Revolution inspired an overturning of the old ways, and Fahrenheit was thrown out. It helped that the change stuck; it makes sense that zero temperature is the freezing point of water ...