Subject: Re: double line bug & nautical miles<br/>
Date: Nov 26, 2001 @ 00:17<br/>
Author: Grant Hutchison (&quot;Grant Hutchison&quot; &lt;granthutchison@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-671824816">Michael: <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; & they were already routinely using 5 ninths too for converting<br/>
 </span></blockquote>fahrenheit to centigrade<br/>
<br/>
That one really is *exactly* 5/9ths: 100 centigrade spans 180<br/>
fahrenheit from freezing to boiling. That, and the spare 32F below<br/>
freezing, is what makes the pleasing equality -40C = -40F.<br/>
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Grant</div>