Duncan Bath wrote in USMA 17608: >If we want to delay [indefinitely?] the acceptance of SI by the public, we >could do little better than emphasize the scientific/engineering viewpoint. >*People* want to schedule thier driving by knowing how far they can go in >an hour or a day not a second. They insist on an a land-area measure >comparable to an acre. They will accept litres, but not cubic decimetres. >Let's keep a human face on our favorite measuring system even if that face >has a wart or two. >Duncan
I wish that I had written that. Joseph B.Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 TEL. 416-486-6071
