2006-08-14 03:08:04 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
they're the names of great scientists... and people only become great scientists when they have hard to spell names...
2006-08-14 03:13:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Celsius is easy enough. Mr. Fahrenheit was German, and German spelling is easy enough if you know the language, but many of us don't.
2006-08-14 10:13:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's because the scientists who the scales are named after have these last names.
2006-08-14 10:19:50 · answer #3 · answered by Science_Guy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's why there is such a thing as abbreviation.
100 deg C or 212 deg F.
Have we also forgotten Lord Kelvin?
2006-08-14 10:19:09 · answer #4 · answered by ideaquest 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
people still using Fahrenheit live in the stone age anyway
2006-08-14 10:15:21 · answer #5 · answered by Auggie 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Peoples names are hardly ever easy to spell.
Make up something famous & we can miss-spell your name too!
2006-08-14 11:28:01 · answer #6 · answered by fairly smart 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because you didn't study for your language arts classes
2006-08-14 13:36:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
coz d scientists who discovered it had weirdo names!
2006-08-14 12:08:20 · answer #8 · answered by B P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You forgot centigrade
2006-08-14 10:13:52 · answer #9 · answered by havanadig 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What's difficult in spelling??????
2006-08-14 10:16:48 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋