The kilocalorie is not power. Duncan -----Original Message----- From: Han Maenen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: November 22, 2001 01:44 Subject: [USMA:16298] Re: Wentworth letter
>The kilocalorie, used for heating tends to be replaced by the kilowatt, at >least in Europe including the British Isles, where the BTU/h was/is used. >kJ/h is wrong and deprecated as well, > >Han > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Barbara and/or Bill Hooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 7:15 PM >Subject: [USMA:16285] Re: Wentworth letter > > >Harry Wyeth commented: > ... it will suffice if we can simply increase use of the "big three", being >the >liter, the kilogram, and the kilometer (and their subdivisions). > >I don't think that the "Big Three" would quite suffice. I think we need to >include degrees Celsius and watts and maybe (although a bit less important) >kilopascals and kilojoules. Various combinations like kilometres per hour >need to be included, also (and perhaps Wyeth meant to include them). These >are all used in common everyday situations. (The lengthy list of examples is >relegated to a footnote below.*) > > Regards, >Bill Hooper >===================== > >*Examples: > ><snip> > >Kilojoules will replace calories in dietetics. Heating and cooling systems >will increasingly be measured in kilojoules per hour. (And the watt can be >explained as nothing more than a joule per second.) > ><snip> >
