> Feet are based on feet, inches are based on hand width, Fahrenheit attempted to make his
> thermometer based on things that would be helpful

So did Celcius. The Celcius scale is at 0 when water freezes and 100 when water boils.
This makes sense to me. I can related it to things I see every day.

I find the Fahrenheit system horribly confusing.
What's so special about 0 degrees Fahrenheit?

> The ancient Hebrews used measurements based on body parts, and so do we. In fact, almost every
> culture on Earth came up with measurement systems based on body parts and things found in
> nature. Besides, why is ten supposedly better than twelve and sixteen?

It's based on body parts. :o)

Have you counted your fingers lately?

Paul