Gene Mechtly wrote in USMA 11065: >On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Joseph B. Reid wrote: >> ... I predict a long life for the nautical mile, knot, and hectare. > Your prediction might be realized, Joe, but I advocate meter >squared (m2 as the simplified symbol) for the US, not hectare. >Gene. Here it is not a question of symbols, but of numerical values; 1 ha = 10 000 m2. Increasing the number of digits in the area of a farm by 4 non-significant digits is not good practice, as well as being inconvenient. Joe Joseph B. Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071
