On Sun, 08 Jul 2001 11:29:55 +0500, "Adrian Jadic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I am well behind my reading of the USMA messages. However, I have to thank Jim Elwell >for this message which did in fact start some "battles". > >I honnestly beleive that everything in his review is correct which tells us that the >way to go is SI first and legally binding. > >I do beleive though that legislation making the instruments of measurement "legal for >trade" (as they are called in Canada for example) could be enacted to require >calibration through metric standards only. > >To be more specific this would mean that the guy that comes to calibrate scales in a >plant or a store would have only metric certified weights. This is justifiable simply >by the fact that only those references can be truly traced to national and >international standards. This essentially the UK situation. Chris -- UK Metrication Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/
