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   From: petertrei@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/12/2026 2:07 AM, 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.   
   >   
   > 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!   
      
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