Convert Kelvin to Rankine

The Kelvin scale was developed by the British physicist William Thomson, later known as Lord Kelvin, in the 1840s. Lord Kelvin proposed the concept of an absolute temperature scale, where zero would correspond to the complete absence of thermal energy (absolute zero). This scale was based on the idea that temperature could be measured starting from an absolute minimum, rather than from the freezing point of water. The Kelvin scale is widely used in scientific fields, especially in thermodynamics, physics, and chemistry, because it provides a consistent and absolute reference for temperature measurements.

The Rankine scale was developed by the Scottish engineer and physicist William John Macquorn Rankine in the 19th century, specifically in 1859. Rankine created this scale to provide an absolute temperature scale using Fahrenheit's temperature divisions, making it particularly useful for thermodynamic calculations in engineering and physics. The Rankine scale is still used in some fields, particularly in the United States for thermodynamic calculations in engineering applications, though the Kelvin scale is more widely used internationally in scientific contexts.