Joseph B. Reid
>Does Terry mean that the units that I listed in
>USMA 22931 ceased being metric when SI was defined?
>They indisputably were once "metric"

I don't know about the past. One of my criticisms of the SI brochure is
that it embeds the current rules within superceded rules. I am trying to
find out how things are defined *now* so that I can use correct current
terminology. I need to provide advice that it true and applicable for
the designs of today.

I read:
"the International System of Units (SI), which is the modern form of the
metric system."

and I conclude:
1. SI unit = unit of the 'modern form of the metric system' (we appear
to agree about this).

2. Non-SI unit = not a unit of the 'modern form of the metric system'
(we do not appear to agree about this).

Am I wrong in my second conclusion?

Thank you for bearing with me on this. I appreciate it.

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