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
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Toronto  M5P 1C8             TEL. 416-486-6071

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