--- In
Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Roy J. Tellason"
<rtellason@b...> wrote:
> On Saturday 08 May 2004 12:56 pm, Stefan Trethan wrote:
>
> > a dozen inches makes a foot i guess...
> > people liked the dozen dearly in the past.
>
> It's a matter of convenience for math, too. Twelve can be divided
by 2, 3,
> 4, or 6, while 10 can only be divided by 2 or 5. I think that
this is also
> part of the reason why we have 360 degrees in a circle, because it
can be
> divided up so many different ways.
I can see this.
get a dozen rolls and you can evenly feed a bunch of people. no one
feels left out.
and then of course there is the bakers dozen which is 13.
Dave