2002-12-17 The problem with a unit name of einstein is that it becomes a tongue twister.
It might sound better if the unit became just stein (meaning stone) and its symbol could be st. Then you would have: etc. pst = picostein nst = nanostein �st = microstein mst = millistein st = stein kst = kilostein Mst = megastein Gst = gigastein Tst = terastein etc. This way the unit name becomes mono syllable word. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ezra Steinberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2002-12-17 00:10 Subject: [USMA:24060] Re: Ton = 1 000 kg > > > Gene Mechtly wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > However, on the high side, Mg and Gg have never been used widely, so > > I recommend use of the ton = 1 000 kg, or the "E" notation. > > Here again I seen another argument (beyond the core one that I believe ought to > be immediately persuasive, i.e. all the base units should syntactically be free > of a prefix that indicates a multiple of submultiple) for a new name for the > "kilogram". > > For example, if the "einstein" replaced the "kilogram", one could dispense with > the "ton" and simply refer to "kiloeinsteins" rather than "kilotonnes", thus > taking advantage of the well established usage of "kilo" as a prefix. Other > higher multiples of "gram" would be reduced by a corresponding factor of 10^3 > and would likely find more widespread usage as a result. > > Ezra >
