On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, Joseph B. Reid wrote: > Gustaf Sj�berg wrote in USMA 25133: > > >Could you just stop calling the ton (tonne) megagram... > >Ridiculous! > > > The megegram is a multiple of an SI base unit.
False, Joe, unless you mean by that that the metric ton is a multiple of the kilogram. If so, why not say so. Metric ton (or tonne) = 1000 kg. I'm surprised that you make such an awkwardly *indirect* assertion; in symbol form: Mg = 10^6 x 10^-3 kg = 10^3 kg = 1000 kg. > ... Gene.
