Jon Kilopascal asked in USMA 20559:
>
>I did read the replies, but after this was sent.  But, even if the 45 x 90
>does mean something other than millimetres, it still does not explain why we
>are always made to feel that any time something appears in millimetres, it
>somehow existed in inches before.  Can't we ever feel that something started
>out in metric and never had an FFU period?
>
>John


What about the watt, unless you regard the horsepower as its predecessor?
Also, what about the electrical units?

Joseph B.Reid
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