Dear Volvo:
Thank you for presenting a very clear and easy to read web site.
I noticed some errors that you should correct on the Canadian web pages for the
Canadian consumer, such as myself.
1. You use the symbol "kph" for speed. The correct unit symbol is "km/h" as is used
across North Amer
Greg Peterson wrote:
> 1. You use the symbol "kph" for speed. The correct unit symbol is
> "km/h" as is used across North American (even the US) and
> the rest of the world.
You could, of course, have added that even their own speedometers show km/h,
and not kph. And that's not just the case in m
Greg Peterson wrote:
> Dear Volvo:
Just an amusing side note. Your greeting reminds me of the British TV comedy
series, "Waiting for God." The son of one of the two central characters (who
live in a retirement community -- hence the title) has a Volvo that he
refers to, not as "the Volvo," or "my
The Earth Observatory web site at NASA (http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/)
frequently uses a lot of metric, but it is frequently translated into US
Customary. So I was surprised to see metric only on the page at
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=4826.
The imag
Dear Brian and All,
Paul Trusten, a pharmacist in Massachusetts originally devised the acronym
WOMBAT.
It stands for: 'Ways Of Measuring Badly in America Today' or ÂŚWaste Of
Money, Brains, And Time'.
The second expansion of the acronym accurately describes all non-SI units,
and the first accura
Dear Roddy and All,
It strikes us as quite humorous, here in Australia, to see you still
debating the issue of metric road signs in the UK after all these years.
Australia set 'M-day' for the conversion as 1 July 1974, and our collective
memory of this - after 27 years - is that we changed over
Dear Phil and All,
The micron and its symbol were abolished by the 13th CGPM (1967-1968
Resolution 7).
The correct modern unit to use for small distances is the micrometre with
its symbol um, where the correct prefix symbol is the Greek lower case
letter known in English as mu (Here I have used
Dear Mark and All,
The title on your posting, 'Paper weights' has a problem especially when you
contradict yourself in the first line with 'paper mass'.
Neither of these is correct. The physical quantity being measured is
correctly described as 'mass divided by area'. The SI unit for 'mass
divi
Dear Marcus,
Well done. That is a superb letter.
--
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
CAMS - Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist
- United States Metric Association
ASM - Accredited Speaking Member
- National Speakers Association of Australia
Member, International Federation for Professional S
Pat:
I'm not sure what you're using for quotes, but some of your opening quotes
are coming through as a capital OE diphthong and some of your closing quotes
are coming through as a 1 prime. (See your message, below.) Note that,
because of the lack of a universal standard code, typographical quote
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