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Line 9: − ''[[Fahrenheit 451]],'' the title of a famous science-fiction novel by [[Ray Bradbury]], refers to the temperature at which book paper supposedly burns. (Bradbury is said obtained this figure simply by calling a local fire station on the telephone).{{fact}}. The novel concerns a dystopian future in which imaginative fiction is considered subversives, and the job of "firemen" is to locate and burn books.
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The temperature -40 is the same in both scales. This gives an alternative conversion rule: to convert in ''either'' direction, first add 40; then multiply by 5/9 for °F->°C or 9/5 for °C->°F; then subtract 40.
The temperature -40 is the same in both scales. This gives an alternative conversion rule: to convert in ''either'' direction, first add 40; then multiply by 5/9 for °F->°C or 9/5 for °C->°F; then subtract 40.
[[Category:Units of temperature]]
[[Category:Units of temperature]]