temperature of freezing water saturated with air is 0eC and the temperature
o f boiling water is 100°C at 1-atm pressure.
On the
Fahrenheit scale, used in everyday life in English-speaking
countries, the freezing point of water is 32°F and the boiling point of water
is 212°F. On this scale the freezing point and the boiling point differ by
180°, rather than 100° of the ccntigradc scalc. The Fahrenheit scale was
devised by Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686-1736), a natural philosopher who
was bom in Danzig and settled in Holland. He invented the mercury
thermometer in 1714; before then, alcohol had been used as the liquid in
thermometers. As the zero point on his scalc he took the lowest temperature
he could obtain, produced by mixing equal quantities o f snow and
ammonium chloridc. His choice of 212° for the boiling point o f water was
made in order that the temperature o f his body should be 100°F. The normal
temperature o f the human body is 98.6°F; perhaps Fahrenheit had a slight
fever while he was calibrating his thermometer.
To convert temperatures from one scalc to another, you need only
remember that the Fahrenheit degree is
m/m or V9 of the ccntigradc degree,
and that 0°C is the same temperature as 32°F.
Another absolute scalc, the
Rankine scale, is sometimes used in
engineering work in the English-speaking countries. It uses the Fahrenheit
degree, and has 0°R as the absolute zero.
Упр. 3. Передайте основное содержание текста в нескольких пред
ложениях.
Упр. 4. Составьте план текста.
Упр. 5. Прочтите предложения и скажите, соответствуют ли они
содержанию текста. Если нет, исправьте их.
1. Temperature determines the direction in which thermal energy flows
when the two objects arc in contact. 2. Thermal energy flows from the
hotter object to the colder one. 3. Temperature is measured by means of
thermometers using different temperature scales. 4. The inventor of the
Fahrenheit scalc was German. 5. Fahrenheit devised alcohol thermometer.
6. Only the Fahrenheit scalc is used in the English-speaking countries.
7. The temperature of the boiling water is 100 degrees ccntigradc. 8. The
inventor of the ccntigradc scalc was an outstanding physicist.
Упр. 6. Найдите в тексте и переведите на русский язык предложе
ния в которых дано описание того, как перевести значение температу
ры с одной шкалы на другую.
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