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> Fahrenheit set 100F as normal human body temperature Nope: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit#History
by DenisM 7y ago
> Fahrenheit set 100F as normal human body temperature
Nope: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit#History
- tomjakubowski 7y agoMuch more here, with references. An early version of the scale set 96F to human body temperature, apparently because 96 divides evenly in half five times, so it's easy to make graduated markings between the reference points on your mercury thermometer. https://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/solutions/faq/zero-fahrenheit.shtml https://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/solutions/faq/...