At 14:59 +0100 00/12/4, Gustaf Sj�berg wrote:
>The kilogram is certainly the black sheep among SI-units. It should of course
>have its own one-syllable name and one-letter abbreviation. Why haven't this
>happened? Are there any old suggested new names etc?
When Napoleon in 1800 introduced the "usual names" in the new metric
system, with a view to have it more easily accepted by the
population, the kilogramme was re-named "livre" (pound). Are you
prepared to accept that ?
For a while, between 1793 and 1795, the mass of 1 cubic decimeter of
water was named "grave". Does that sound better ?
Louis
