I gave up posting mail to National Geographic - may be the unknown ID for them. Did anyone else also attempted to get the *EXACT KNOWN* dimensions of Earth; especially if it were to be a HYPOTHETICAL SPHERE? Brij B. Vij<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>From: Gene Mechtly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [USMA:22581] Re: One Meter >Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 16:20:23 -0500 (CDT) > >Johnathan, > >Where did you obtain the misinformation that the speed of light in a >vacuum is a variable constant? It (c) is now *defined* as an exact >numerical constant which has *no* variability! It is the realization of >the meter, *from* c and the atomic second (the s in SI), that always has >some experimental error. > >Gene. >............................................ >On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Johnathan McClure wrote: > > > Why is it that the meter has been tied to the speed of light (in a >vacuum) > > when we are finding out how variable that "constant" can be?... _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
