-----Original Message----- From: Pat Naughtin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: December 10, 2000 04:29 Subject: [USMA:9660] Re: Paper sizes >Dear Marcus and All, > >on 06.12.2000 12.33, Ma Be at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Hmm... Dennis is right on the ISO part. Indeed ISO and SI have nothing to do >> with each other except for the fact that such standards are written in SI >> exclusively. > >Unfortunately, I don't think that ISO uses SI 'exclusively'. They can be >strongly influenced by the ignorance of industry groups. > >An example of this is the use of gsm as a unit to measure some property of >paper and I can't think of a physical property of paper that might be >measured using a quantity measured in gram second metres. Perhaps ISO ought to be approached on this. Perhaps they would be glad to rid their garden of this weed. Duncan > >Pat Naughtin CAMS >Geelong, Australia >
