Dear John and All,
Just a couple of points on this issue.
The practice in Germany (in the 1820s?) was clearly to encourage the use of
the 500�gram pfund. This has not lead to the death of the pfund.
The French experience was similar, even though the use of the livre was more
informal rather than legal. The French experience is also that using a livre
of 500�grams has not lead to the death of the livre.
In the light of these experiences, I don't think that it is a good idea to
promote the idea of a 500�gram pound.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
CAMS - Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist
- United States Metric Association
ASM - Accredited Speaking Member
- National Speakers Association of Australia
Member, International Federation for Professional Speakers
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on 2002/03/18 05.43, kilopascal at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 2002-03-17
>
> I agree with you. To do so, you would have to get rid of all devices that
> are calibrated in these units and replace them with ones calibrated strictly
> in SI units.
>
> Don't confuse my agreement with a suggestion to make a pound equal to 500 g
> meaning I want to retain such a unit. I believe that the pound should not
> be a legal unit for trade. But we can't force people to use SI. Thus to
> make it easier on ourselves we force them to make their units equal to
> something simple in ours. Thus when they speak theirs, we can easily
> convert it to ours. We only compromise or accept theirs as a slang term and
> not an officially legal unit.
>
> John
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wizard of OS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, 2002-03-17 11:48
> Subject: [USMA:18831] Re: Short unit names
>
>
>> I opponent that!
>>
>> those pseudo units shown be abolished, I propose the mmHg should be
> stopped!
>> I dont see a reason to use them!
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 10:54 AM
>> Subject: [USMA:18829] Re: Short unit names
>>
>>
>>> Its use should absolutely be restricted to the printing industry. It
>> should
>>> never spread beyond it,
>>>
>>> Han
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Sent: Sunday, 2002-03-17 01:27
>>> Subject: [USMA:18804] Re: Short unit names
>>>
>>>
>>>> Han Maenen wrote in USMA 18799:
>>>>
>>>>> This is also why I fervently support the Q. It is based on SI, the
> mm,
>>> even though it is a quarter of that unit, still simply expressed with
> the
>>> decimal
>>> fraction 0.25.
>>>
>>>
>>> I couldn't disagree more.
>>>
>>> Joseph B.Reid
>>> 17 Glebe Road West
>>> Toronto M5P 1C8 TEL. 416-486-6071
>>>
>>
>
