I must be losing it. I forgot about that one -- even though I've had a copy for the last three years or so.
Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On >Behalf Of James R. Frysinger >Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 16:58 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:24888] RE: Definitions of US non-metric units > > >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 >
