Surely, Jim, that's picolissimopipetto. The British tubing company, Accles and Pollock, would probably accept the challenge of creating an even smaller one to go inside the picolissimopipetto. It would be a picolississimopipetto.
Just another of my snippets (not to be confused with small snipettes). Ciao. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of James R. Frysinger >Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 21:12 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:33518] RE: German measurement practices > > >Geez, Bill. > >A pipette is a small pipe. > >A pippet is a small pipette. > >The Italians have an even shorter one called the (drum roll, please) ... >picolopippeto. > >Jim > >On Monday 11 July 2005 23:30, Bill Potts wrote: >> What the heck's a pippet? >> >> Or do you mean pipette? >> >> Bill Potts, CMS >> Roseville, CA >> http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >> >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >Behalf Of Nat Hager III >> >Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 16:03 >> >To: U.S. Metric Association >> >Subject: [USMA:33512] RE: German measurement practices >> > >> >>>For example, beverages are labeled in liters only (Coca Cola and >> > >> >bottled water are bottled in 0,2 ml, 0,5 ml, and 0,7 ml, using the comma >> >as a decimal marker. >> > >> > >> >Sounds more like a microliter pippet, Germans must not be very thirsty. >> >I know, they're saving up for their beer! >> > >> ><g> >> >Nat > >-- >James R. Frysinger >Lifetime Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist >Senior Member, IEEE > >http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Office: > Physics Lab Manager, Lecturer > Dept. of Physics and Astronomy > University/College of Charleston > 66 George Street > Charleston, SC 29424 > 843.953.7644 (phone) > 843.953.4824 (FAX) > >Home: > 10 Captiva Row > Charleston, SC 29407 > 843.225.0805 >
