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Old 19th May 2002, 01:16
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Tinstaafl
 
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Temperature is irrelevent to how a Machmeter determines Mach No.

In the maths of it, Temp. ends up being cancelled across both sides of the equation during the process of deriving the formula on which a Mach meter is based.

I *used* to be know how to derive it. Not any more... <sigh>
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