Dear Gene, Thanks for this clarification.
Is it your view that the reason that the CGPM included the statement you quote, from page 92 of 'Le Syst�me International d'Unit�s, is to retain the property of 'coherence' for SI? Cheers, Pat Naughtin LCAMS Geelong, Australia -- on 2003-09-13 09.07, Gene Mechtly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> ... >> All SI prefix multiples of the coherent SI units are SI units. >> Reference: IEEE/ASTM SI 10 -2002 2.2 SI prefixes >> "The term SI units includes the SI base units, the >> SI derived units, and all units formed from them >> using the SI prefixes." > > The above assertions contradict statements in the BIPM Brochure. > > For example, on Page 92 of the Brochure is the statement: "It is important > to emphasize that each physical quantity has only one SI unit, ..." > > The BIPM Brochure, strictly based on resolutions of the CGPM, is the > official document on the SI; not SI 10. > > SI 10 misrepresents the meaning of "SI Units" and "multiples and > submultiples of SI Units" as presently defined by the CGPM and BIPM > and understood internationally, except by readers of SI 10. > > Gene. >
