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[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It was defined such that 252.458 units would balance 1 cubic inch (16 cm3) of distilled water at an ambient air-water pressure and temperature of 30 inches of mercury (100 kPa) and 62 °F (17 °C) respectively.

Nice and convenient.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

That's the way I would have done it. Pretty intuitive.