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Rankine
Unit ofTemperature
SymbolR, °R, °Ra
Named afterMacquorn Rankine
Conversions
x R in ...... corresponds to ...
   Kelvin scale   5/9x K
   Celsius scale   (5/9x − 273.15) °C
   Fahrenheit   (x − 459.67) °F

The Rankine scale (/ˈræŋkɪn/) is an absolute scale of thermodynamic temperature named after the University of Glasgow engineer and physicist Macquorn Rankine, who proposed it in 1859.[1]

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