A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

BTU

Sun, 12 Jan '25
Imperial energy meas.
Fri, 1 Nov '24
Measure of heat, for short
Tue, 4 Jun '24
A/C meas.
Thu, 29 Jun '23
Meas. roughly equivalent to a burning match
Sun, 12 Feb '23
A/C meas.
Sun, 24 Jan '21
A/C spec