Here's a dumb question. Why is the base unit of mass the kilogram rather
than the gram? David Owen
It's good to be back.
Last week, I received the latest issue of Metric Today, and I must urge US
metrication advocates everywhere to read Pat Naughtin's discussion in that issue.
Nothing that I have read since I took up this issue in 1974 comes as close to a
societal guide for US metrication
HMmm...I wish I had my issues.
I joined USMA 1.5 years ago and haven't heard peep since. No newsletters,
no follow-on communications.
Hmmm.Maybe they have a wrong address for me or something.
At 12:47 2002-07-29 -0400, Paul Trusten wrote:
It's good to be back.
Last week, I received
Try asking the question another way, and the answer becomes more apparent.
Why is the base unit called the kilogram and not the x? Why is it gram
and not millix?
There has been some debate, here, as to what x should be called.
In the transition, many years ago, from the cgs
Brian:
If you think they may have the wrong address, you should contact them.
Unless you do, they have no way of knowing what the right address is.
Of course, if you joined 18 months ago, your membership will have expired.
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
In USMA 21404 Pat Naughtin wrote:
Dear Joe,
on 2002-07-29 00.34, Joseph B. Reid at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Re: [USMA:21399] Re: Metrication activities
metrics *noun* 1. The mathematical theory of measurement. 2. The science
or art of metrical composition.
For definition 2, do you mean
Mike Joy wrote in USMA 21407:
I am not aware of anyone in the world using cm for anything except for body
height.
In 1976 Albert J. Mettler carrried out an international survey of metric
practice. With regard to the use of the centimetre he found:
engi- arch- caren-
Pat Naughtin asked in USMA 21405:
When did the English pint change from 16 ounces = one pint to twenty ounces
= one pint. I have seen a date of 1878, but I'm not sure of its validity.
Pat Naughtin CAMS
The imperial gallon, and hence tne imperial pint, was established in 1824.
The imperial
Anyone using a proportional font can do what I did in order to properly read
Joe's table -- copy and paste to Notepad (or the Mac's equivalent). As
Notepad always uses a fixed font, the table lines up.
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
-Original Message-
Further to my USMA 21419 I have just found that the USA ratified the
Convention du Mètre on 1878 September 27.
Pat Naughtin asked in USMA 21405:
When did the English pint change from 16 ounces = one pint to twenty ounces
= one pint. I have seen a date of 1878, but I'm not sure of its validity.
2002-07-29
I wonder if it will work on a target 100 m away. If
it only works up to 100 yards away, that is like saying that it won't work up to
100 m as 100 m is 9 m farther than 100 yards.
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below.
Woody Norris wants to tell you
I get out my car here in Texas, walk towards the grocery store window,
and beam with satisfaction at those wondeful posters screaming the
special price of ONE LITER of soda or water (no WOMBAT conversion in
those sales posters). How thoroughly the American public has embraced
that unit,
OK, before you flame, I meant 215 mL more if they were going to upgrade
the gallon to four liters. I went back and changed the whole thing to 3
liters without thinkng.
Paul Trusten wrote:
I get out my car here in Texas, walk towards the grocery store window,
and beam with satisfaction at
Thanks for that, Pat.
I guess the space was put in to separate the 'l' for litres so it doesn't
look like a figure 1. But when the script 'l' is used it's not so much of a
problem. Even so, I have never seen a space between the numeral and the unit
in normal practice.
Regards
Mike
Sure, Mike.
Back in September 1997, someone on this list sought an appropriate name
for the things we Americans use as a system of measurement (most of us
who favor US adoption, including myself, of SI don't think we have a
system of measurement at all, just an collection of whimsically
I was in Costco the other dayand they had some sales on bottled water.
The sale sign for the 1 liter bottles read - 30 pack 1-liter bottles - $4.99
The sale sign for the 500ml bottles read - 40 pack 16.9 fl oz bottles - $3.99
Go figure.
At 18:22 2002-07-29 -0500, Paul Trusten wrote:
I
Common practice is to use a capital L (approved in 1979).
The BIPM SI brochure does not permit the use of a cursive small L. It
specifically prescribes only l and L.
There is no doubt that the common British practice is to omit the space.
However, all examples in official SI documentation use a
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