Tautologies are Tautologically True


William Langewiesche writes, on page 61 of The Outlaw Sea,

The [water] molecules are heavy, weighing collectively about one metric ton per cubic meter … .

About?


Not all tautologies vary with temperature and salinity, though.


Nor, for that matter, is the kilogram still defined with reference to the mass of water. But still.

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