That will be nice, won't it, Duncan! Just this morning I mentioned to a
colleague that we have about 90 ha of farmland in the Cumberland
Plateau region of Tennessee. He never asked how many square meters that
was -- nor how many acres!
Jim
On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Duncan Bath wrote:
> I look forward to the day when, for instance, farmers and real-estate people
> employ hectares rather than acres for moderately sized land areas.
> It may not be 'perfect' but as has been noted, 'perfection is the enemy of
> the good'.
> Duncan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gene Mechtly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: Metric Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: February 16, 2001 22:03
> Subject: [USMA:11065] Deprecated hectare
>
>
> >On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Joseph B. Reid wrote:
> >> ... I predict a long life for the nautical mile, knot, and hectare.
> > Your prediction might be realized, Joe, but I advocate meter
> >squared (m2 as the simplified symbol) for the US, not hectare.
> >Gene.
> >
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