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Minor yet important typo. "Crocodile icefish frequent brutally cold portions of the sea where the water temperature can plummet all the way down to 28.5 degree

by markx2 3y ago

Minor yet important typo. "Crocodile icefish frequent brutally cold portions of the sea where the water temperature can plummet all the way down to 28.5 degrees Fahrenheit (1.9 degrees Celsius). That's below the point at which fresh water freezes." 28.5F is minus -1.94C

croisillon 3y ago
would be great if there was an easy mnemotechnics to remember at how many degrees Celsius fresh water freezes
- analog31 3y ago
  It's easy to remember, exactly 100 degrees below the boiling point.
  - dekhn 3y ago
    it's just kelvins offset by 273.15!
  - dspillett 3y ago
    <pendant>If we are allowing "to one decimal point" as "exact", and are taking about one standard atmospheric pressure, yes.</pendant> Even at one atmosphere pure water can exist in its solid state at 0.01⁰C.
    - camtarn 3y ago
      To be similarly pedantic, I think you may be looking for 'pedant' (a person concerned with fine detail) rather than 'pendant' (a hanging piece of jewellery or a hanging lamp) :)
      - dspillett 3y ago
        Darned auto-carrot strikes again!
- KMag 3y ago
  I doubt there's any simple way to remember that non-linear pressure vs. freezing point function for water.
wolverine876 3y ago
> 28.5F is minus -1.94C Myself, I don't throw stones.
warrenm 3y ago
yet ... -1.94 rounds to -1.9 Seems not so much a "typo" as a simplification/rounding
warrenm 3y ago
Also ... "28.5F is minus -1.94C" Isn't right - "minus -1.94C" would be 1.94º centigrade And that is distinctly above the freezing point of fresh water :)