"Algebraically" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... The temperature of melting ice is 0; the temperature of condensing steam is 100 ; the degrees are all of equal length. To reduce to Fahrenheit degrees multiply by 9 and divide by 5, and add 32 algebraically, treating all readings below 0 as minus quantities. For its relations to the Reamur scale, see Reamur Scale. Its abbreviation is C., as 10 C., meaning ten ...
— The Standard Electrical Dictionary - A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice - of Electrical Engineering • T. O'Conor Slone |
