Nice way to close out the exchange, Adrian! You were as tactful as
possible and did not tar the entire company with the brush that DiCorpo
deserves. Further, you left the way open for them to improve their
business and their product.
It does amaze me that DiCorpo could be such a troglodyte. Even in his
effort to mention viscosity units, he used cgs units expired some forty
years ago.
Jim
Adrian Jadic wrote:
>
> Mr. DiCorpo:
>
> Thanks again for your letter.
>
> I understand from your message that there is no known relationship between
> KU and any known units of viscosity. If this is correct, the equipment has
> no use for us. We were looking to characterize the paint made in our company
> in order to define the correct equipment to handle it. If there is no
> relationship than we cannot use it as our equipment manufacturers have no
> idea of what KU means and how it relates to their equipment.
>
> I regret that I could not make my point clear in my other letter that; if
> you cannot relate the measurement to the definition of viscosity then you
> cannot name it viscometer as it will only create confusions. You should name
> it "Krebs machine" or "Krebs tester" etc. I hoped that a company like yours
> which has so much experience in metrology would understand better the
> importance of standards over what technicians in a paint company's lab are
> used to do.
>
> Furthermore, you are quoting the American Heritage Dictionary. I have to
> remind you that a dictionary's purpose is to explain words or phrases
> indifferent if they are correct or not. A dictionary IS NOT a standard. I
> quoted you the US standard specifications as well as the internationally
> recognized ISO standard. I agree and know that people use gm and gms but
> they do it from ignorance of the standard specifications. The purpose of my
> message to you was to bring to your attention the error that Brookfield
> makes in labeling the display in "gm".
>
> I am also attaching a copy of the federal register Vol. 63 No: 144 which
> represents the standard published by DoC-NIST regarding the Interpretation
> of the International System of units for the United States. At the end of
> the document you will find all the correct names, spellings abbreviations
> for the SI units.
>
> I sincerely hope that this document will be of use for your company. I see
> Brookfield as a metrology giant that takes a lead in promulgating
> correctness over bad habits and science over alchemy.
>
> Sincerely, yours,
>
> Adrian Jadic
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