Sid Bennett asked in USMA 16139: > Why kg? I was taught that the upper case prefixes denoted > multiplication and the lower case prefixes denoted division. The > difference between MOhm and mOhm.
Quite right. People, and that includes Gene Mechtly and the Canadian Metric Asspciation, have been petitioning the GCPM for years to make that change. It also applies to deka- and hecto-. A similar issue is to change the name of the kilogram. A base unit should not have a prefix. The GCPM has received proposed names beginning with about every letter in the alphabet. I think the attitude of the CGPM is "if it ain't broke, don't fix it", "let sleeping dogs lie", "we've always done it that way", and "not now, later perhaps". Joseph B.Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 TEL. 416-486-6071
