----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2001-04-23 13:10 Subject: Re: [ukma] Fw: [USMA:12377] Re: Letter in Telegraph > On Mon, 23 Apr 2001 11:36:34 +0100, Mark wrote: > > Sir Charles William Siemens was a German-born British engineer! > > Mark Halsall > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Louis JOURDAN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, 2001-04-22 17:05 > > Subject: [USMA:12377] Re: Letter in Telegraph > > > > > > > At 12:37 -0400 01/04/22, Joseph B. Reid wrote: > > > >Britain, with 8 metric units named after its scientists, has had > more > > > >metric units named after its scientists than any other country. > > > > > > 8 ? My count is 9 : > > > 1 SI base unit : > > > Kelvin > > > 5 SI derived units with special names : > > > newton > > > joule > > > watt > > > farad > > > gray > > > 1 non-SI unit accepted for use with the SI : > > > neper > > > 2 derived CGS units with special names : > > > stokes > > > maxwell > > > > > > Who said that the Brits were not interested with the metric system > ? > > > > > > Louis
