The microns, angstroms, and other units below millimeters in the presentation were all messed up. Someone accidentally put them in the order 1, 10, 100 instead of 100, 10, 1 as they should have been. That's all.
--- Bill Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The now obsolete term micron (now replaced by µm) would seem to have a > different definition in Poland. (Either that, or the creator of the > presentation has his/her own definition.) > > Bill Potts, CMS > Roseville, CA > <http://metric1.org/> http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > _____ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Stan Jakuba > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 12:41 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:40229] Fw: Velmi zajímavý výlet od + do - > > > The average person living in any of the traditionally metric courtiers is > blissfully ignorant of the measuring system. (I know, I was - when I lived > there.) The attached distance-scaling video is understandable in any > language but only SI experts will notice the discrepancies between the > powers of 10 and the notations underneath. > Stan J. > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
