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> American units usually focus on divisibility and factoring of integers The other day, right next to the problematic awg definition, I discovered the kcmil. W

> American units usually focus on divisibility and factoring of integers The other day, right next to the problematic awg definition, I discovered the kcmil. Which is a kilo pi/4 Micro square inch.

chias 10y ago
Have you heard of the "cubic ton"? I am not kidding. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic_ton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic_ton
- einhverfr 10y ago
  "Hundred" used to mean different things for different commodities. four score for some things, six score for others, or for onions, a hundred was 15^2
  - chias 10y ago
    That is beautiful.