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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <1ro0p1x.1wd41041eomwj1N%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl>,   
   J. J. Lodder  wrote:   
   >The Doctor  wrote:   
   >   
   >> In article ,   
   >> Stefan Ram  wrote:   
   >> >doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) wrote or quoted:   
   >> >>In article <1rnygoz.1e95pzz18vjp88N%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl>,   
   >> >>J. J. Lodder  wrote:   
   >> >. . .   
   >> >>>[1] Beware, Celsius is always degrees, because Celsius is a scale.   
   >> >>>'Kelvin' otoh is a unit, and writing 'degree Kelvin' is an error.   
   >> >   
   >> >doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) writes:   
   >> >>Still interchangable.   
   >> >   
   >> >  Among people who actually know the field, "kelvin" counts as both   
   >> >  a unit and a scale. To back that up, I'm just going to quote a   
   >> >  bit from the well-known online encyclopedia "Wikipedia".   
   >> >   
   >> >|The kelvin (symbol: K) is the base unit for temperature in   
   >> >|the International System of Units (SI). The Kelvin scale is   
   >> >|an absolute temperature scale that starts at the lowest   
   >> >|possible temperature (absolute zero), taken to be 0 K.   
   >> >Wikipedia   
   >> >   
   >> >   
   >>   
   >> We know what Kelvin is, but what about everyday people?   
   >   
   >Is there 'a need to know'?   
   >   
   >Jan   
   >   
      
   You tell us.   
      
   >--   
   >BTW, if you were in the know you would have written 'a kelvin'   
   >instead of 'Kelvin'.    
      
      
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