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A matter of weight, or how the pound survived

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Some historical background In my last article, I mentioned the avoirdupois pound, but I avoided any side story about this measurement unit to focus on the horsepower story. But after researching its origins and evolution, I discovered, IMHO, a fascinating story. The avoirdupois system is a system for the measurement of weight developed in the …

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Watt is a horsepower?

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Like everybody else with a broadband internet connection, I spend an embarrassing amount of time watching YouTube videos. Shame on me. The only redeeming factor of my worthless habit is that the videos I like to watch are usually about stuff I like; history, science, engineering, planes, cars, astronomy, space, computers, well you get the …

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