According to my reference, yes.
Linda Bergeron
From: "Paul Trusten, R.Ph." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: [USMA:37795] Re: piecemeal metrication
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:09:42 -0600
And carats in jewelry, too. I was to understand that one carat = 0.2 g. Is that
so?
Quoting STANLEY DOORE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> In some parts of the world, gold is sold by the gram and not by the ounce.
> Why not make grams (SI) standard to avoid confusion so people will be able
> to understand how much they are actually buying?
>
> Stan Doore
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Martin Vlietstra
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 4:44 PM
> Subject: [USMA:37782] Re: piecemeal metrication
>
>
> Mike,
>
> It is usual in Europe to measure fuel consumption in L/100 km. If you
> regard a litre of fuel as a unit of currency, then this is directly analgous
> to buying apples at 75c/kg or gold at $624.45/troy oz etc. Also, expressing
> fuel consumption that way round makes it easier to calculate the cost of fuel
> per km, the cost of tyres per km, the cost of tax and insurance per km
> (assuming a fixed annual amoutn of travelling) etc.
>
> Martin
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bill Hooper
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 5:49 PM
> Subject: [USMA:37754] piecemeal metrication
>
>
>
>
> On 2007 Jan 16 , at 8:38 AM, Mike Millet wrote:
> That's why the best and smoothest transition in the US ... (will be) ...
> rather from slow gradual economic and societal change.
>
>
> "Slow" and "gradual" means difficult and expensive. During a long, slow
> transition, both the old and new systems would be in effect causing a great
> deal of confusion and extra work. Furthermore, when two systems are both in
> effect, people would tend to continue using the old, familiar system. They
> would not "gradually become familiar" with the new one.
>
>
> Mike goes on to say:
> give the US consumer some time ... (to become accustomed to dual
> labeling) ... then gradually introduce temperature and fuel and finally road
> signage changes.
>
>
> It's difficult to change one things at a time because there are so many
> interconnections between units. If one changes fuel measurement at one time
> and road signage (including distance) at another time, when do you change
> fuel economy figures from miles per gallon to kilometres per litre (or litres
> per 100 kilometres)?
>
>
> Do you first change from miles per gallon to miles per litre (when litres
> are adopted) and then change from miles per litre to kilometres per litre at
> a later time (when kilometres are adopted). That would mean having to make
> TWO changes instead of just one for fuel economy alone (in addition to the
> necessary changes from gallons to litres and from miles to kilometres.
>
>
> Thus, instead of making a total of three changes at one time:
> gal. to L,
> mi. to km,
> mi/gal to km/L
> you'd have to make FOUR changes spread out over an extended period of
> time:
> gal. to L,
> mi./gal. to mi./L,
> mi. to km,
> mi./L to km/L.
>
>
> Another example would be cooking times based on oven temperature and
> amount of food. We have charts or directions in Fahrenheit and pounds; we
> will need to get to Celsius and kilograms.
> Do we make TWO changes, first from Fahrenheit+pounds to Celsius+pounds
> and later a second change from Celsius+pounds to Celsius+kilograms? How
> foolish when we can do it in one change if we convert all things
> simultaneously.
>
>
> There are other relationships that cause would cause problems, too. We
> know (actually I had to look up this first one) that there are 231 in^3 in a
> gallon and 1000 cm^3 in a litre. If we convert volumes from gallons to litres
> before we convert inches to centimetres, then in the interim (when we are
> using litres and inches), do we need to know how many cubic inches there are
> in a litre? (The answer is 61.023 7441, by the way.) Again, MORE conversions
> are needed when changes are made in several steps instead of all at once.
>
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Bill Hooper
> Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA
>
>
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