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 | °Re | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $x_L$ | 0 | 32 | 0 | 273.15 | |
| $x_R$ | 100 | 212 | 80 | 373.15 |
Table 2. Comparation of other tempature scales.
| Point | °Ra | °D | °N | °Rø | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $x_L$ | 491.67 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | |
| $x_R$ | 681.64 | 150 | - | 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 $x_H$.