Infographic examples, ca. 1920s

Post by adambyrtek » Wed, Dec 28, 2011, 7:12 PM UTC

themenace wrote: post #9

nonsequ wrote: post #4

I particularly enjoyed the last infographic on temperature because it makes me appreciate air conditioning all the more. It says music halls reached 150 degrees and theaters 125 degrees. Can you imagine listening to a concert in that kind of heat?

150 degrees Fahrenheit (65 C) would exceed the highest surface temperature ever recorded on Earth -- by a wide margin. I can't find a good reference at the moment, but I think 150F would be immediately fatal. I think the infographic is humorously saying that you can find whatever level of excitement you want by taking the underground. Fishing is a boring 5 degrees, football gets you to body temperature, and music hal…

Post by salvadors » Thu, Dec 29, 2011, 8:01 AM UTC

adambyrtek wrote: post #11

themenace wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

150 degrees Fahrenheit (65 C) would exceed the highest surface temperature ever recorded on Earth -- by a wide margin. I can't find a good reference at the moment, but I think 150F would be immediately fatal. I think the infographic is humorously saying that you can find whatever level of excitement you want by taking the underground. Fishing is a boring 5 degrees, football gets you to body temperature, and music hal…

Definitely not fatal. According to Wikipedia[1], the temperature in a sauna is "typically between 70 °C (158 °F) and 100 °C (212 °F)". [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauna