Dear Gene, Thanks for your remarks. I will incorporate your suggestions in to my notes.
Thanks again. Cheers, Pat Naughtin LCAMS Geelong, Australia -- on 2003-08-10 01.34, Gene Mechtly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Pat Naughtin wrote: > >> ... I have attached a list, of 21 >> features,... >> >> The International System (SI) is universally accepted because:... > >> SI uses standard prefixes to change from smaller to larger units. > > Pat, I believe it is more correct to say: > > "SI Prefixes may be applied to any SI Unit to generate smaller (submultiples) > or larger (multiples) of any particular SI Unit." > > With this one exception, I agree with all your other statements. > >> ... >> SI has only one unit for each physical quantity... > > This is the basis of my above statement on prefixes to form multiples. > > Gene. >
