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I guess it is the same reason that they now call
cycles-per-second "hertz".
Hertz is more general because repetitions per second do
not always imply cycles.
I think it is the new international term for HP as
God knows the revisionist can't honor those bad old
imperialist Englishmen that came up with the concept of
HP in the first place.
Then again, the super-duper techno-advanced world-leading
US is the only country maintaining two systems of measurement
(ancient/archaic and metric). Why stop there? The
revisionists have tossed out good ole ferkins, ells, drams,
and leagues, and brought in these new-fangled pints, rods,
avoirdupois ounces, and nautical miles. Or should that be
statute miles and troy ounces?
there are 231 cubic inches in a gallon or 7.5 gallons per cubic foot.
Quick, how many barrels per cubic yard? How many cups per
cubic inch? Too hard? Quick, how many cubic inches in a
cubic foot?
-Two of those are easy Alan. There are 40 gallons in a barrel
-of oil and 55 gallons in a drum. 1728 cubic inches in a cubic
-foot. Now a cup I would have to look up :-) PL
Who cares about two systems? So what if we lose a Mars probe
and set back interplanetary exploration two years?
Who needs world trade and international allies?
Note: Honour those Englishmen by spelling honour the real way ;{).
Just be thankful English is the new "lingua franca" (literally
"french language", the old diplomatic and international
language, rendered in Latin, an even older international
language). Good thing it's not Canajun, eh? Or Strine, fair
dinkum. Thenk Gawd it's good ol' 'Murican, hunh? ;{)
Alan.
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