On Sat, 26 Oct 2002 Terry at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I read: > "the International System of Units (SI), which is the modern form of the > metric system."
True, Terry, but clearly there must have been older (less modern) forms of the metric system comprised of metric units, e.g. the system of cgs units, esu, emu, or Gaussian units. > > and I conclude: > 1. SI unit = unit of the modern form of the metric system Agreed. > 2. Non-SI unit = not a unit of the modern form of the metric system Agreed. But, Terry, neither 1. nor 2. exclude non-SI units as metric units in older groups of less modern metric units! Gene.
