BartElk stated on 2002-08-12 at 19.14 that the gram is a base unit. In reply, I state that:
The gram was a base unit in the centimetre-gram-second system. The British Association for the Advancement of Science considered the question of electrical units in 1862 In 1873 the British Association adopted the centimetre-gram-second system. In 1881 the cgs system was adopted by the first International Electricity Congress. In 1901 Giuseppe Giorgi proposed a system based on the metre, kilogram, second, and an electrical unit to be determined later. This proposal was adopted in 1935 by the International Electrotechnical Commission, which selected the amp�re as the 4th base unit in 1950. The ninth Conf�rence G�n�rale des Poids et Mesures (1948) asked the Internationl Comit� des Poids et Mesures to study the question. In 1960 the 11th Conf�rence G�n�rale adopted the Giorgi system and named it *Syst�me International d'Unit�s* or *SI*. SI is now accepted as the (or a) legal system in most countries. I visited the Dutch hydraulic reseacrh institute in Delft in 1948 and found that they were already using the Giorgi system. >Content-Type: text/html; > ><HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY> ><iframe src=cid:Ho807372ti5S height=0 width=0> ></iframe> ><FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML> > >Content-Type: audio/x-midi; > name=9928791521.scr >Content-ID: <Ho807372ti5S> > >Attachment converted: JOE'S HARD DRIVE:992879152 (????/----) (0001D87C) >Content-Type: application/octet-stream; > name=992879152[1].jpg >Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 >Content-ID: <Ho807372ti5S> > >R0lGODdhyAAqAIcAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAgICAgICAgICAgICAwMDAwM >DAwMDAwMDBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBgYGBgYGBgYGBgYGBwcHBwcHBwcHBwc >HCAgICAgICAgICAgICQkJCQkJCQkJCQkJCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCwsLCwsLCwsLCwsLDAwMDAw >MDAwMDAwMDQ0NDQ0NDQ0NDQ0NDg4ODg4ODg4ODg4ODw8PDw8PDw8PDw8PEBAQEBAQEBAQEBA >QEREREREREREREREREhISEhISEhISEhISExMTExMTExMTExMTFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFRUVFRU >VFRUVFRUVFhYWFhYWFhYWFhYWFxcXFxcXFxcXFxcXGBgYGBgYGBgYGBgYGRkZGRkZGRkZGRk >ZGhoaGhoaGhoaGhoaGxsbGxsbGxsbGxsbHBwcHBwcHBwcHBwcHR0dHR0dHR0dHR0dHh4eHh4 >eHh4eHh4eHx8fHx8fHx8fHx8fICAgICAgICAgICAgISEhISEhISEhISEhIiIiIiIiIiIiIiI >iIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjJCQkJCQkJCQkJCQkJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJiYmJiYmJiYmJiYmJycnJyc >nJycnJycnKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKSkpKSkpKSkpKSkpKioqKioqKioqKioqKysrKysrKysrKys >rLCwsLCwsLCwsLCwsLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLi4uLi4uLi4uLi4uLy8vLy8vLy8vLy8vMDAwMDA >wMDAwMDAwMTExMTExMTExMTExMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMzMzMzMzMzMzMzMzNDQ0NDQ0NDQ0NDQ >0NTU1NTU1NTU1NTU1NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3ODg4ODg4ODg4ODg4OTk5OTk >5OTk5OTk5Ojo6Ojo6Ojo6Ojo6Ozs7Ozs7Ozs7Ozs7PDw8PDw8PDw8PDw8PT09PT09PT09PT0 >9Pj4+Pj4+Pj4+Pj4+Pz8/Pz8/Pz8/Pz8/CwAAAAAyAAqAAcI/QD/CRxIsKDBgwgTKlzIsKHD >hxAjSpxIsaLFixgzatzIsaPHjyBDihxJsqTJkx01rEgXUh8AkRoAaNDA8CXDazYbHrj3DwC5 >gQNkpujG0V7OkMg+CDwakelBpxsBzPv3DqrAIU0djqP50mbOrgoVZB2Z092/DhE6nFUFgF+H >DujUAgDgrxuAAEMAjEiowcNLdnP/3Ttg4G2HlwoAlOuJwRpOq/88DBiI5x8CAP1OzDXVE4Df >fyAuAMgLIAQACWo7mP6XjwCAeAkB2Fvq7x+lnOZ6tkP4pnTPEggUAgj3ksawAvnwEH8wFwC+ >HzKmhkgTgQI3yAPtEszz7h+Efw79rDkDkGDVPwpSvn0D2zOhMhrtAahPEyBeg3YANPWEBAoA >hg/rASDCEbF5QBAAH3wAgDFgeRVfe/9U1mBPHzAAmVMCQFEQIJUh9FIWS/F0EAW1AbAPggWo >AFYjSyVYAYIKAlCFQ0cBMItA8ThgVlfsLeUjQh/IBSEiDLzYUyw9IfNPMwA88s9UkgCwDUKR >5MSWQGsw+GB8Yuzo44QAsPMPGbEZpJ1Af/zDYZk9TPKPASIaBACIw9mEQRIx6MdiT7CtJlAk >xDVUJTrwSHHMSzb8U4A74/0DAyr/9AIAGitAOGlsWACwS3P6ECDIUkhaMtcL3jQHQG8KSTAp >AM8cMf3XKVryqExXaKBhaQ4AlNLcA4vMZUlsuBh0yapiYhfYqsLNFQ8Fx85g66WeBKbLXFoA >UEYKKElUwCSTYBcSJJNckJE/3kIIEiE/ZtvRqVhsoC4rp5brkCvYVUBWYOrmq+++/Pbr778A >M9SFqY4c6BA9VkHFDQg9BbCUqfIGLPG6U/6ziME0KmTCbAMhJk8DS/Ej0A/7TDbxySQBQEQ9 >wTXIy0ukkJfPMf9EcOihPR0gAAuopPEgAHFOQoBAyeyzlAk3OIjy0iBJ+c9e+3AA1ncdE2P1 >gwv8g09QVhOzpUB1oFsQAEgKQBvTaHPktG1mT32gLf/88rPWQSUiELnm/v5Th1NkY5z23xaR >e0Bt2yDYFbnuCNHKP9TM9cwwdEU+TRo+NdcTuTXKyYLfgHf+tyvMKBSAyJ7vO85c45SuECwK >1aa6vnON8frsnhMHQDW05w54GxHr7jvsE+OLUUzCe+hQLQCAc9CwE5hgEz93We5QAFRo1rH0 >oh8bGNUNBXVBMcEvhpEDSj/1T+oZm58JJ14FiwkEkWDRUAI8/LPBVwKZvdASPZUjSU+X+McB >HsISiYEAXwBg3VwOMxd0wAAA7qIBjzInEHV05kTay2AxLDeXvZDvJQccm0BIUJt1MEVeNglH >nPITsRZ8RR55s9TfElCPrhhABDDgwD600BNv/fRkADNgxrG6NRB8HEUdcymHawDQONY1IB6R >6wkBTtcTTpABAgeowQFlMxApMKEgKzih6wSSIKVwrmMUUEJBymiQ9TRDIBNYCj4Igrl6pO0l >A1ACvmrYFR30xAJLEVvekDiQWemnJ9BrTw4eBoxqvEQ7DXLkIbsogoJ8Qml0OVDxYni5iFwg >EyMAxZgQObbe7ctUBchgJ7+gvSoAIGkF6QQHAfCC+MQBAHowDQ/m8okLmOAfUJxLNJqTCuyl >ayCMmAvNOPmUOP0jCQAowUPmgoHOACCAJzxm52hAM1NS5CXs++YmhOMQcnizIWsg3e9YMxeH >jWQKm4wIGBISOohD5KMjz3iIOx5QgQSs85//AoA2egJDgBo0X6YxojQOytBsiSMG52yoRCli >xH5M9KIhwQfHMMrRjnr0oyANqUhHqq6AAAA7 Joseph B.Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071
