TheRubySusan
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- Location
- Henry, IL
- Name
- Ruby
The one I have most trouble with is that some people incorrectly refer to millimeter as "mil" when "mil" is thousandth of an inch. The irony there is a 10 based division on a 12 based system, lol. Ounce comes from latin and is 1/12th of a Roman pound. For imperial, ounce is 1/16 of a pound. Then there is troy weight, which says a troy ounce is 1/12th of a troy pound.
I'm leaving mil alone but I used to know which was heavier, a pound of feathers or a pound of lead. I THINK a regular pound is heavier than a troy pound, so I think a pound of feathers is heavier than a pound of lead.