Why are the sizes of some measurements such as gauge, paper size inversely proportional to the numerical assigned to it? |
| Posted: 04 Oct 2019 11:28 AM PDT Sorry if the question doesn't make sense; I didn't know how to frame it. I wanted to know why some measurements such as gauge, suture material size, paper size decrease with size as their "numerical size" increases. I mean, a 24 Gauge needle is smaller than a 22 Gauge needle. A nylon 10-0 suture is smaller than a nylon 3-0 suture. An A3 paper is smaller than an A4 paper. What is the historical significance of it? Isn't it counter intuitive? Wouldn't it have made more sense to assign the numbers so that a larger number meant a larger size? [link] [comments]  |
| How did evolution create mirrored body parts through random mutations? Posted: 04 Oct 2019 11:56 AM PDT My left and right arm are virtually identical mirrored of each other, along with my feet and legs and ears etc. How does evolution create so many identically mirrored objects of one another through random mutations? [link] [comments]  |
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