2007-08-07 00:25:54 · 5 answers · asked by poorni 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Celsius was a swedish scientist (1701-1744) who developped this scale of temperature 2 years before is death
In 1948, it was decided to change centigrade in Celsius
2007-08-07 00:41:50 · answer #1 · answered by maussy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The simplicity of the Celsius scale led to it superseding the Fahrenheit as the universal temperature scale. Centigrade, meanwhile, was a popular name for the Celsius scale for a time and this term literally means 'a 100 grade scale....
2007-08-08 02:30:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scientist Anders Celsius invented a scale similar to centigrade (where 0 was the boiling point of water and 100 was the freezing point of ice). Even though his scale was reversed, the idea that the difference could be an even 100 degrees was adopted and named in his honor.
2007-08-07 08:42:19 · answer #3 · answered by Kes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
coz it is shorter
and easy to spell
2007-08-07 07:42:04 · answer #4 · answered by Shenya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are the same thing.
2007-08-07 07:33:19 · answer #5 · answered by chengdu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋