I know Tim explained it already but I had thought it was derived from the average (measured carefully after WW2 as a civilian employment project) seat pressure exerted on stools and benches in saloons worldwide, hence the name. Probably wrong, but maybe plausible... Cheers Jeff Dayman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pendragon" <idpriest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 12:20 PM Subject: [modeleng] Bar as in pressure > Greetings chaps. > > A Bar is 1 kg/cm sq but for a friend of mine / Christmas engineers quiz > where does the term BAR come from > > Regards, > > IP > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.6 - Release Date: 28/12/2004 > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.