Anyone using a proportional font can do what I did in order to properly read Joe's table -- copy and paste to Notepad (or the Mac's equivalent). As Notepad always uses a fixed font, the table lines up.
Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Joseph B. Reid > Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 11:52 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:21420] Re: Millilitres vs centilitres > > > Mike Joy wrote in USMA 21407: > > >I am not aware of anyone in the world using cm for anything > except for body > >height. > > > In 1976 Albert J. Mettler carrried out an international survey of metric > practice. With regard to the use of the centimetre he found: > > engi- arch- caren- plumb- boby cloth- > neers tects ters ers meas. ing > Europe ------------------------------------------ > Austria x x x > Belgium x x x x x x > Czechoslovakia x x x x > Denmark x x > Finland x x x x x x > France x x x x x x > Germany, West x x x x > Germany, East x x x x x > Greece x x x x x > Hungary x x x x x > Iceland x x x > Italy x x x > Luxemburg x x x > Poland x x x x > Spain x x x x x x > Sweden x x x > Switzerland x x > Yugoslavia x x x x x > Africa > Algeria x x x x x x > Botswsana x > Cameroom x x > Egypt x x x x x x > Mauritius x x > Morocco x x x x x x > Rhodesia x x > South Africa x x > Sudan x x > Tchad x x x x x > Uganda x x x x x x > Zaire x x x x x x > Asia > Cyprus x x x > India x x x x x > Indonesia x x x x x x > Iran x x x x x x > Iraq x > Israel x x x x x x > > Japan x x x x x x > Jordan x x x x x > Kuwait x x x x x x > Philippines x x x x x > Thailand x x x x > Turkey x x x x x x > South America > Chile x x x x x x > Columbia x x x x x x > > Ecuador x x x x x x > Paraguay x x x x > Peru x x x x > Uruguay x x x x x x > Venezuela x x x x x x > Central America > Costa Rica x x x x x x > Cuba x x x x > Guatemala x x x x x x > Haiti x x x x x > Honduras x x x > Mexico x x x x x > El Salvador x x x x > > > >Here in Australia, even the "mm" is ass > umed. If we want to by a sheet of > >board for the wall for instance, we just say "twelve hundred by > twenty-four > >hundred please" and it's obvious what it is. It's hardly likely > to be twelve > >hundred cm wide, or even twelve hundred feet (god forbid). This is how > >Americans will be talking soon (don't know when) and the sooner > the better. > > > >On another point, I notice everyone is putting a space between > the numeral > >and the unit. There is no space (as in the ifp system) so it's > 1200mm or 1 > >200mm, not 1200 mm. > > >Mike Joy > >Perth, Australia > > > The *Bureau International des Poids et Mesures* uses a space between the > number and the symbol, even in the case of degree Celsius, e.g. 20 �C. (I > am an independent thinker; I write 20�C.) The use of a space is > particularly important when uses "l" as the symbol for litre. Does "50l" > mean 50 litres or 501 something? > > Joseph B.Reid > 17 Glebe Road West > Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071 >
