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 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071
