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David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917
kPa,
You forget to mention that JPL works in close partnership with NASA, and that
JPL works in proper SI!!!
There is hope for NASA-JPL for unmanned research into deep space, including
exploration of Mars.
EAM
From: Kilopascal [kilopas...@cox.net]
Sent: Saturd
And a very odd amount, 1.6 fl oz. I wonder if it was copied from a British
ration where it would be 2 Imp. fl. oz. without understanding the differences.
From: James Frysinger
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Sun, May 5, 2013 4:25:29 PM
Subject: [USMA:52745
I'm reading one of my dad's old Navy books. This lists the daily ration
specified by an act of Congress (no name given for this act) on 1933
March 02.
All quantities are given in ounces avoirdupois except eggs and "oil or
sauce or vinegar". The latter is specified as 2/5 gill.
I had not real
In the discussion of Specific Impulse, a review of units in Newton's Second Law
is useful.
Four Sets of Units come to mind (All four of these sets are "coherent" with
respect to f = m a):
The preferred set is the SI Set-
One newton is the force that accelerates one kilogram of mass one meter pe
That is the federal Metric Act of 1866. I think it was originally a
housekeeping measure designed to prevent court cases from being marred by
objections to the use of the metric system in American courts. Of course, the
effect was to establish the legitimacy of the metric system in America. The
One of the best written laws out there, short, easy to read and unambiguous. My
favourite law!
Mike
On 05/05/2013, at 03:23 , "Parker Willey Jr." wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I came across this while searching the internet.
>
> http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/204
>
> This seems to be the la
It is the Metric Act of 1866. That Act was slightly amended recently to remove
out of date conversion tables and instead refer to the SI as established in
1960
and as interpreted by the Secretary of Commerce (NIST writes it for his
signature). See USMA laws page for more details.
Hi:
I came across this while searching the internet.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/204
This seems to be the law and we should let it be known.
...Parker Willey Jr.
San Jose, CA
