Temperature measurement in Verduria

[bulbaquil]

Are the physical sciences advanced enough to the point where Verduria (or at least its scientific community) needs to make use of temperature scales (or do they still get by with just "hot," "cold," etc.), and if so, how is/are the scale(s) based?

[tezcatlip0ca]

*bump*

And another question. How many meguî are in an hour? The native grammar of Cadhinor says ten, the Verdurian references say twelve... Which is correct?

[vec]

Interested in knowing this, too.

[zompist]

OK, finally got to this; it required a small article:

http://www.almeopedia.com/index.php/Thermometer

[bulbaquil]

Yay!

[Atom]

Fantastic!

Besides the fact that Flora is most likely to use the Lúriei scale, are there any other differences about which scale? Are there, say, academic differences, one field more likely to use the other? And what about beyond Eretald?

[vec]

Very cool. I find that the story of the thermometer on Almea is perfectly believable but interestingly different from Earth's.

[Jipí]

under this scale the freezing point is 73. One čuca calei Miheleye (degree on the Miheleya scale) is thus 3.7° C or 6.67° F.

This I didn't understand at first. After calculating how large the degree steps of the °M scale in °C are, I understood. You should maybe add that 1 °M corresponds to −269.42 °C, while each °M equals 3.73 °C.

[zompist]

Besides the fact that Flora is most likely to use the Lúriei scale, are there any other differences about which scale? Are there, say, academic differences, one field more likely to use the other? And what about beyond Eretald?

There's some obvious national preferences, but often it's just who you bought the thermometer from. It also depends on what you're measuring... negative numbers are inconvenient, so e.g. metallurgists prefer the Miheleye scale. For things like weather, the Lúriei gives a much more readable scale-- usually a single-digit number rather than a number in the 70s.

[Mashmakhan]

OK, finally got to this; it required a small article:

http://www.almeopedia.com/index.php/Thermometer

This link leads back to the intro page for the Almeopedia. Was the article removed?

EDIT: Finally figured out how to put the disclaimer in my signature. Sorry you had to edit that thing out, WeepingElf.

[WeepingElf]

OK, finally got to this; it required a small article:

http://www.almeopedia.com/index.php/Thermometer

This link leads back to the intro page for the Almeopedia. Was the article removed?

No, the format of Almeopedia URLs has changed when the Almeopedia was relaunched after a server failure. The URL now is:

http://www.almeopedia.com/Thermometer

[Mashmakhan]

Ahh OK. Thanks for the revised URL

[Nortaneous]

The Miheleye scale is anchored on one end by absolute zero? How did they know of absolute zero?

[zompist]

Air in a calorimeter expands with heat; you can extrapolate to find the zero point. This was done on Earth as early as 1702.

[justin]

I found the table I copied down the first time:

(M, L, C, F)
Absolute zero = 0 = 67.4 = -273.15 = -459.67
Salt mixture = 67 = 10 = -22.22… = -8
Freezing = 73 = 5.3 = 0 = 32
Pleasant temp. for humans = 79 = 0 = 22.22… = 72
Body temp. = 83.2 = -3.3 = 37.77… = 100
Boiling = 100 = -17.4 = 100 = 212

[zompist]

Thanks! I forgot the starting point for Lúriei. Fixed now.

[dhok]

I wonder if you could have custom Luriei thermometers made. I'd get one.

[ccaccus]

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[BGMan]

Thanks! I forgot the starting point for Lúriei. Fixed now.

Would it by any chance be defined by +10 for the freezing point of a supersaturated salt solution (like 0°F), and 0 for room temperature?