Well written Carl 'Are' (100 square meters) and 'Hectare' (10,000 square meters) are very convenient for area just like liter is for cubic volume. Unfortunately it is not adopted.
Madan --- Carl Sorenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 12:19:42 -0600 > From: Carl Sorenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [USMA:21856] Re: Dual labeling, hectares > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > David Owen wrote: > >The metric system would catch on faster if its > evangelists were more > >sensitive to other traditions, and less unbending > about deviations > >from theoretical consistency. > > I couldn't have said it better myself. I think all > USMA members should > engrave this on a plaque and post it in a place they > will see often. > > My XML page has moved to > http://ssp-web.lib.byu.edu/measurement/ and it > now includes an option to specify significant > figures. I can't > guarantee that the site will always be up. > > I have a question about the hectare. According to > NIST at > http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/outside.html, the > hectare is one of > the "units outside the SI that are currently > accepted for use with the > SI, subject to further review" whose "continued use > is not encouraged." > The hectare seems to me to be a very useful unit. > It seems more > practical for some purposes than square kilometers > and square meters for > the same reason that the liter is more practical > than cubic meters and > cubic millimeters. > > I presume that a hectare is 100 "ares" and an "are" > is 100 square > meters. Is this correct? How is this unit > pronounced? I have a > calculator with a conversion chart that refers to > "acre" rather than > "are". Is this a typo? > > Carl > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com
