@coprolite9000 well given each country defines it's own unit of alcohol, perhaps we could all choose out own name so that there's less confusion.
The French van have the Cliquot but I think the Danish should be a Jacobsen (after the founder of #Carlsberg who was also a noted philanthropist and gave the world stabilised #yeast to make consistent #Beer),

en genstand = en Jacobsen...

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In the 70's, we learned both the Imperial and Metric Systems of Measurement and consequently are unfamiliar with either system.

"The battle of the standards: why the US and UK can’t stop fighting the metric system"

Metric units have conquered the globe, but in the US and the UK, their presence has become part of a culture war between ‘traditional’ and ‘progressive’ values.

by @jjvincent@twitter.com

https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/16/23507199/us-uk-anti-metric-sentiment-beyond-measure-james-vincent-excerpt

#GoMetric #SellingEnglandByThePound #EU #MatterOfInches #UnitsOfMeasurement

At last! A name for the unit of momentum.

See this post by Kevin Drum:

https://jabberwocking.com/emmy-noether-and-the-conservation-of-momentum/

#science #unitsOfMeasurement #SI #math #maths #Noether #physics