ORIGINAL: Memopad
There is a reason why it still reads 205... you should go look through a chem book or a physics book
dude, boiling point of water is 212 degrees
On the Fahrenheit scale (°F), the melting point of water = 32°F while the boiling point = 212°F.
Therefore the degree size is different on the Fahrenheit scale with 180 Fahrenheit degrees = 100 centigrade degrees. Conversion between centigrade and Fahrenheit is achieved using the following relationship:
temperature (°C) = [temperature (°F) -32] * 5/9
Literature sources
1. A.M. James and M.P. Lord in Macmillan's Chemical and Physical Data, Macmillan, London, UK, 1992.
2. G.W.C. Kaye and T.H. Laby in Tables of physical and chemical constants, Longman, London, UK, 15th edition, 1993.