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HELP! degrees F/degrees C in LaTex

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Michael D. Sohn

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Aug 26, 1994, 2:17:30 PM8/26/94
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Can someone help/offer a suggestion for writing the symbols for
temperature. Both for degrees F and degrees C.

I'm using LaTex 2.09

Thanks

Terry Frangakis

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Aug 29, 1994, 6:55:32 AM8/29/94
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In article <AiLX6uS00...@andrew.cmu.edu> "Michael D. Sohn" <ms...@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>From: "Michael D. Sohn" <ms...@andrew.cmu.edu>
>Subject: HELP! degrees F/degrees C in LaTex
>Date: Fri, 26 Aug 1994 14:17:30 -0400

>Thanks

Hi there

The way I would go about it is $^oF$ and $^oC$. Of course you can also
define commands, say degf/degc at the start of your doc as
\newcommand{degf}{$^oF$} etc.....
to save you the trouble of typing $...$ each time.
My 2c worth!

Terry Frangakis


Larry Bauer

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Aug 29, 1994, 5:12:27 AM8/29/94
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>In article <AiLX6uS00...@andrew.cmu.edu> "Michael D. Sohn" <ms...@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>>Can someone help/offer a suggestion for writing the symbols for
>>temperature. Both for degrees F and degrees C.

Usually, for degrees F, I use $^\circ$ F. As far as I recall, though,
one generally does not refer to 'degrees' C when talking about a single
temperature. ie:

Water boils at 212 $^\circ$ F, which is 100 C.

When discussing temperature differences, however, the form is:

The temperature today is 20 C, yesterday it was 18 C. This represents
a difference of 2 Celsius degrees.


Donald Arseneau

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Aug 29, 1994, 7:12:00 AM8/29/94
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>>In article <AiLX6uS00...@andrew.cmu.edu> "Michael D. Sohn" <ms...@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>>>Can someone help/offer a suggestion for writing the symbols for
>>>temperature. Both for degrees F and degrees C.

In article <33s8pr$l...@quartz.ucs.ualberta.ca>, la...@ee.ualberta.ca (Larry Bauer) writes...


>Usually, for degrees F, I use $^\circ$ F. As far as I recall, though,
>one generally does not refer to 'degrees' C when talking about a single

Well, that is a lot better than the ^o suggestion! But Celsius *is* in
degrees; Kelvin is not: $\rm 0^\circ\,C = 273.12\,K$. Some people like
to insert a thin space after the degree, and some do not. You should not
put a full space between.

Donald Arseneau as...@reg.triumf.ca

A H Abdullah

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Aug 30, 1994, 5:26:49 AM8/30/94
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In the referenced article, "Michael D. Sohn" <ms...@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>Can someone help/offer a suggestion for writing the symbols for
>temperature. Both for degrees F and degrees C.
>

Will $^\circ F$ or $^\circ C$ do?


>I'm using LaTex 2.09
>
>Thanks

Abu Hasan Abdullah
School of Mechanical Engineering
University of Bath
Bath BA2 7AY
England

e-mail: enp...@bath.ac.uk

The Graphical Gnome

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Aug 30, 1994, 9:40:41 AM8/30/94
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enp...@bath.ac.uk (A H Abdullah) writes:

>In the referenced article, "Michael D. Sohn" <ms...@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>>Can someone help/offer a suggestion for writing the symbols for
>>temperature. Both for degrees F and degrees C.
>>

\def\DegC{\char'27\kern-.3em\hbox{C}}

Try this.

Thanks IWAKUMA, FURUKAWA

The Graphical Gnome

Ulick Stafford

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Aug 30, 1994, 10:19:04 PM8/30/94
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\newcommand{\degree}{\ensuremath{^\circ}}

use as 212 \degree F.
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