Freewill
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As I have frequently pointed out!About time a scientist says what I have saying all along people recording the temperature 100 years ago were inacuarate compared to 20 years ago
We've pointed out you me and others that the simple mercury thermometer used to record temperatures long before computers and digital were hard to read.
Considering that THE below was the only way of reading a temperature for decades.
Hard to distinguish between 71.4 ° and 71.6° wouldn't you say? Then remember these discrete temperature readings had to be physically written down, then transcribed again and again..remember all before computers...and again how often have we had problems reading people's typing on this forum?
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Hey I bought that same thermometer at WalMart for 1.98 just the other day. Glad to see it is good enough to base economic decisions.