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   From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 12 Jan 2026 07:07:43 -0000 (UTC), Thomas Koenig   
    wrote:   
      
   >Scott Dorsey  schrieb:   
   >> In article <10k0qgo$3r1s$1@dont-email.me>, BCFD 36     
   wrote:   
   >>>I have never run across "tons" when talking about cooling. I don't think    
   >>>it is common. I have seen BTUs, CFM at xxx degrees, etc.    
   >>   
   >> It's pretty common for any industrial AC stuff.  Americans also use    
   >> "BTU" when we mean "BTU/hr" which is almost as bad as the whole   
   >> "calories meaning kcal" mess.   
   >   
   >A good thing these were thrown out (except in the context of   
   >nutrition, where they still occur).   
   >   
   >Having different units for heat and mechanical energy is just   
   >fundamentally broken, as is having things like Earth's gravity or   
   >the density of certain liquids such as water or mercury in units   
   >(except for their historical definition).  Units just need to   
   >be consistent.   
      
   But ...  but ... but ... consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.   
      
   >I remember cracking up once when I read a definition of the   
   >Reynolds number not as   
   >   
   >  Re = u * d * rho / eta   
   >   
   >but as   
   >   
   >  Re = u * d * rho / (eta * c)   
   >   
   >where c was the correction factor for the units, left unspecified,   
   >of course.  Hilarious!   
      
   I take it eta is some sort of constant whose manipulation can   
   counteract different units.   
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   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
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