[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but there isn't one >(beyond a system based around the metre). This is why SI was >developed. The BIPM/CGPM have been the guardians of the metric system, >and it became clear that the original simple system had been overtaken >by special-interest groups who had formed their own units (albeit >metric-based) to suit their own applications which hadn't existed at >the genesis of the metre. They therefore determined to review the >metric 'system' (which was no longer really a system, in the same way >that imperial units do not constitute a system) and SI was the result >of the overhaul.
Thanks. So the various metric systems in use in past were a mess and CGPM came in and created SI. I am still confused about how other people are interpreting the definition of 'modern form of the metric system'. I appear to be the only person who reads it one particular way. "the International System of Units (SI), which is the modern form of the metric system." Does it mean that 'modern form of the metric system' = 'SI' ? -- Terry Simpson Human Factors Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.connected-systems.com Phone: +44 7850 511794
