Brij: Whatever the merits (and there's obvious disagreement over that) of your ideas, they don't represent SI and are extremely unlikely to be adopted into SI. So unlikely, in fact, that I would place the probability, for all practical purposes, at zero
You might say they are "gon with the wind." Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Brij Bhushan Vij >Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 16:10 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:28321] Decimalised Degree RE:Introduction of the gon > > >Michael, sir: >>.....has someone a good and reasonable approach on? >I have been projecting THIS view BUT without saying that 1-degree x100' >x100" be *called New 'gon' and '1/100th as New centigon'. >Yes, DECIMALISATION of Time of the HOUR when merged with decimalised >Arc-angle (of 360-degree) are watched closely - the New 'gon' is >1/360th of >the Earth circumference; AND 1/100th of New "gon" or *New centigon* is the >reflection of ONE Nautical Kilomere New (km'). This make the New 'gon' >1.11194886884 times of the *gon* projected during the French experience of >'change to metric units'. The Earth circumference shall then be 36000 km' >(or New gon). >My suggestion to define Metre New (m') as: 1/10^5th of the degree (or New >gon); and is the distance traversed by light, in vacuum, during the time >interval 1/97059575.22th of the decimal second (sd) - at presently >accepted >value for light velocity; is for BIPM/CCU to give consideration. >My regards, >Brij Bhushan Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >20040118/05:70(decimal) AM(IST) >Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda. > *****The New Calendar Rhyme***** >Thirty days in July, September: >April, June, November, December; >All the rest have thirty-one; accepting February alone: >Which hath but twenty-nine, to be (in) fine; >Till leap year gives the whole week READY: >Is it not time to MODIFY or change to make it perennial, Oh Daddy! > >And make the calendar work with Leap Week Rule! >***** ***** ***** ***** > >>From: "Michael Ossipov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: [USMA:28319] Introduction of the gon >>Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 19:34:12 +0100 >> >>Hello Gentlemen, >> >>a few days or weeks ago, I was think how we can efficiently >replace degrees >>by gons. >> >>my first thought is quite common 360� -> 400 gon, no minutes or seconds, >>subdivisions only in conjuction with metric prefixes permitted. E.g. 10 >>centigon which should equal 10 kilometers. >> >>this is actually about navigation but how about other fields like math or >>even physics which really rely on degrees in areas like force on >a inclined >>horizon or AC calculations with complex numbers and many other fields. >>those would actually change the number after the calculation. >> >>has someone a good and reasonable approach on? >> >>bye >> >>thx >> > >_________________________________________________________________ >Free transactions in any ATM across India. >http://server1.msn.co.in/msnleads/suvidha/dec03.asp?type=hottag Click here. >
