I neglected to quote another statement in the BIPM Brochure
relative to Table 8: "Their use is not encouraged." This deprecation
applies to all the units listed in Table 8, including the hectare.
What is the justification, if any, for promoting use of the
hectare in the US while it is targeted for rejection by the CGPM?
Gene.
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On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Gene Mechtly wrote:
> Jim,
> In Table 8, hectare is in company with are, bar, barn,
> aengstroem (umlaut expanded), etc.
> The word "currently" accepted for use with SI implies that
> the axe will fall in the future excluding all of these fellow travelers
> in Table 8 from acceptable use with SI.
> Therefore, I still argue that meter squared is more
> universally understood (even in the US) and preferable to hectare.
> Gene.
>
