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thermometer transform recipe

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Figure 1. Comparison of two thermometer scales.

Temperature, event measured with different termometer, e.g. $\rm X$ and $\rm Y$, represents the same physical temperature $T$.

Relation between $x$ and $y$ can be formulated as follows.

$$\tag{1} \frac{x - x_L}{x_H - x_L} = \frac{y - y_L}{y_H - y_L}, $$

which is simply ratio of line segments in each temperature scale.

Table 1. Comparation of some common tempature scales.

Point°C°F°ReK
$x_L$0320273.15
$x_R$10021280373.15

Table 2. Comparation of other tempature scales.

Point°Ra°D°N°Rø
$x_L$491.67007.5
$x_R$681.64150-60

The names are Celcius, Fahrenheit, Réaumur, Kelvin, Rankine, Delisle, Newton, Rømer.

Except Newton scale, other scales are using freezing and boiling points of water at sea level for $x_L$ and $x_H$.