Actually, no, John. The so-called "metric second" would be a new second defined by the 0.864 factor, not 43% as commented below.
Marcus On Tue, 3 Dec 2002 18:41:30 kilopascal wrote: >3\2002-12-03 > >Huh! You lost me on this one! I thought there was only one definition of >the second. I didn't know that the second was increased by 43 % when SI was >established. I guess that was done to satisfy all those people who >complained there just isn't enough time in a day. > >John > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Brij Bhushan Vij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, 2002-12-03 16:29 >Subject: [USMA:23756] Re: Dallasnews - kilogram > > >> Hi friends: > > >> The term "pico-metric second* related to the interval, then defined as >> metric second =43.2% of SI-second (s). Sorry for omission/lapse! >> Brij > > ____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB of email storage with Lycos Mail Plus! Sign up today -- http://www.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus
