Speaking of barleycorns reminds me that one can have a lot of fun with
units. My favorite combination has components
atmosphere = 101,325 newton/m^2
yard = 0.9144 m
barn = 1 x 10^(-28) m^2
Combining these we get the
barn yard atmosphere = 9.265158 x 10^(-24) joule
a unit of energy.
Jim
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