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[–] leprasmurf@lemmy.geekforbes.com 13 points 2 years ago (9 children)

And where does poor Rankine sit?

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Is that like the heat equivalent of gradians?

[–] leprasmurf@lemmy.geekforbes.com 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Kelvin starts at absolute zero and proceeds on the Celsius scale.

Rankine starts at absolute zero and proceeds on the Fahrenheit scale.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 6 points 2 years ago

Oh god kill it

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What an abomination

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But the Freedom™ 🇺🇲🦅

[–] EremesZorn@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It was named after the Scotsman that developed it. Furthermore, I've never seen it used in any practical application here in the US.

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

The only time I've ever seen it used was practice questions from my thermodynamics textbooks when Imperial units were used (alongside the wonderfully awful to use BTU which doesn't translate well with anything).

I've never seen Rankine actually used anywhere otherwise.

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