> Is there some way that an agreement can be made on ... allowing > a broader range of sizes, but sizes that fall in increments > of say in 10 mL or 10 g increments up to 1 L and 1 kg ... etc.
One rational series of sizes for everything (mass, volume, length, etc.) would be: 1 2 5 10 20 50 100 200 500 1000 Continue this pattern or switch to a bigger prefix on the units when reaching 1000. Of course, you'll get some people for whom 50 somethings is too small and 100 somethings is too large. They'll want to have a size of 75 somethings, too. To them I would say "buy one 50 and one 20". But even if you agree to finer divisions, there will still be some who will insists that 50 is to little and 75 is too much, so they will want 62.5 (which is 5/8 of 100), or 60 or 70. And so on ad infinitum. Regards, Bill Hooper physics professor (retired), Florida, USA ======================== Keep It Simple - Make It Metric! ========================
