Tag: Fahrenheit

Digital Measuring Devices (Part 2)

In Part 1 of this article, we saw that one of the basic methods by which a digital measuring device operated was the conversion of an analogue signal (often a voltage or an electric current) into a set of digital bits. The number of bits determined the precision with which the device could take a measurement. The article went on to describe the workings of a digital thermometer and how domestic-quality thermometers are often designed around the use of degrees Celsius with displays in degrees Fahrenheit being an add-on where the Fahrenheit display is calculated from the equivalent Celsius measurement.

In this article we will look at how digital weighing devices work.

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Digital Measuring Devices (Part 1)

In this two-part series, Martin Vlietstra will be looking at how digitisation is applied to measuring devices:  In Part 1, he will examine what “digitisation” is and explain how it is applied to thermometers. In Part 2, he will look at how it is applied to weighing devices.

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Are UK weather forecasts a form of gaslighting?

As we once again enter the Celsiheit season, that uniquely British time of year, where temperatures become so warm that some assume that a switch to the larger numbers of the old Fahrenheit scale is required, the BBC has dashed any hope that 2025 might be the year when Fahrenheit is finally consigned to the history books of UK weather forecasting.

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Celsiheit is back – but help is at hand

Just when we thought we had seen the last of Fahrenheit temperatures, a tabloid headline warns us against complacency and reminds us of those awkward conversions. Awkward no more, we are pleased to say, as Metric Views has learnt of a simple formula.

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50 years of Celsius weather forecasts – time to kill off Fahrenheit for good?

Fifty years ago, on 15th October 1962, British weather forecasts switched over from the Fahrenheit scale to Celsius. Fifty years on, some parts of the British media inexplicably cling on to Fahrenheit measures, and the UK Metric Association (UKMA) says it’s time to kill off Fahrenheit for good.

[Press release issued on 15 October 2012]

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