On 2010-12-14 20:48, Bill Hooper wrote:
I have been using 1810 mm for my height for some time, after being convinced by Pat of the fact
that millimetres are better to use than centimetres.
Really ? And you don't find this awkward ? Using millimeters for height is crazy - it implies a
far
One area where odd prefixes is useful is in medical measurements. For
example, in many countries, the glucose content of blood is measured in
mg/dL. This give a number that is roughly 100. The medical profession is
quite happy with a figure that is accurate to about 1%. This means no
decimals
Dear Martin,
I thought that milligrams per decilitre was peculiar to the USA. Here, in
Australia, blood sugar (glucose) is measured in millimoles per litre (mmol/L).
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Geelong, Australia
On 2010/12/16, at 06:30 , Martin Vlietstra wrote:
One area where odd prefixes is
It's like the comma/period debate for decimal markers. The world seems
split on which units to use for serum glucose levels.
I believe my wife's glucometer is capable of being set to read out in
either format.
Jim
On 2010-12-15 1346, Pat Naughtin wrote:
Dear Martin,
I thought that
Should “imperial” be used as a polite synonym for “WOMBAT”? Should “English”?
Sample sentence:
“SI units should be used instead of English units.”
OR
“SI units should be used instead of imperial units.”
Thanks.
Here is a question: what is an International Unit as defined by Vitamins? For
example, one is told to take vitamins D as so many International Units.
Imperial is a specific system adopted by the UK in 1824. The US uses some
units
with different definitions (for example, the gallon), and NIST refers to it as
Customary or US Customary. I have seen some authors use the term english (or
English) to apply collectively to both, but the English
Because we (USMA) are trying to make SI customary, I think
it is bad policy to call the US set of units customary.
Robert Bushnell
On Dec 15, 2010, at 2:43 PM, John M. Steele wrote:
Imperial is a specific system adopted by the UK in 1824. The US
uses some units with
US gallons ceased to be English units in 1824, while English hundredweights
are 112 lbs, not 100 lbs. That is why the US use the term customary
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No, mg/dL are used in Germany. In some ways, I prefer that unit. As a
diabetic, what is the effect of taking a teaspoon of sugar. Assuming that
it all goes into my blood, that I have 5 litres of blood and that a teaspoon
has a mass of 5 grams, it is quite easy to work out what it will do to my
I have decided to avoid using the term U.S. customary units because I
think that term tends to excite the nationalistic resentment in some of our
opponents, as in, You'll take my U.S. units out of my cold, dead hands.
I am torn between calling those units traditional units, or, pre-metric
On 2010/12/16, at 08:43 , John M. Steele wrote:
Imperial is a specific system adopted by the UK in 1824. The US uses some
units with different definitions (for example, the gallon), and NIST refers
to it as Customary or US Customary. I have seen some authors use the term
english (or
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