For non-SI unit conversion factors posted at a U.S. government website, I would recommend NIST Special Publication, specifically Appendix B at: http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/appenB.html
Jim Bill Potts wrote: > > Off hand, I don't know of one. NIST provides a list of non-SI metric units > at http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/outside.html, but no non-metric units. > The IEEE/ASTM SI 10-1997 document (for which you have to pay) has a > comprehensive list. For ordering instructions, try the IEEE web site > (http://standards.ieee.org). > > That's a very sloppily done page on that UK site -- an orderly 3-column > format for length, then a single, left-justified column for everything else. > Her Majesty's Stationery Office evidently doesn't set very high standards > for itself. Their spelling out of all the units, rather than using the > symbols, is somewhat lugubrious, too. It would have been less effort to use > symbols and provide a key, at the bottom of the page, for the uninformed. > > Bill Potts, CMS > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > >Behalf Of Terry Simpson > >Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 15:13 > >To: U.S. Metric Association > >Subject: [USMA:24871] RE: Definitions of US non-metric units > > > > > >Thank you very much. > > > >Is there a root source that ends in .gov ? > > > >Similar to the UK version: > >http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1995/Uksi_19951804_en_2.htm > > > >-- > >Terry Simpson > >Human Factors Consultant > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >www.connected-systems.com > >Phone: +44 7850 511794 .... -- Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" James R. Frysinger, LCAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charleston, SC 29407 phone: 843.225.6789
