A Missing Minus Sign

I liked Tom Tilden’s clear letter about the speed of sound (AW&ST Nov. 5, p. 8). Somewhere along the way, however, a minus sign escaped from the letter—390 Rankine is minus 69.7F, not (plus) 69.7F.

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