The symbol for the gal is "Gal", and it's a unit of acceleration, not mass.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gal_%28unit%29 --- Stan Jakuba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now I remember another "kg" substitution, where the G stood for the gal, a > shortened Galileo. It > has the advantage of being derived from the name of a scientist connected > with the subject, and > it adheres to the BIPM rule for symbol being a "capital letter" only if > derived from a proper > name. > Stan J. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Pat Naughtin > To: U.S. Metric Association > Cc: U.S. Metric Association > Sent: 08 Jan 30, Wednesday 04:56 > Subject: [USMA:40308] Re: kg > > > On 2008/01/30, at 2:06 AM, Pierre Abbat wrote: > > > The problem with using "G" for the grave is that it has since been used > for > the gauss. Even though the gauss has been replaced with the tesla, more > people would think "gauss" when they see "G" as a unit symbol. > > > Pierre > > > Dear All, > > > Perhaps now is the time to re-suggest the word 'gry' as an international > unit, only this time > for mass rather than length. I would pronounce this as in 'angry' and > 'hungry'. It seems to have > several properties that might make it useful: > 1 It is a short word > 2 It has only one syllable > 3 It is not used elsewhere in the English language and I suspect that it is > not used much in > other languages (although I don't know if this is the case). > 4 It has a connotation of being an abbreviation of the word, 'gravity', > which is a property > shared by all objects with mass > 5 It fits well with the prefixes and it is easy to pronouce either alone or > in combination > (say out loud: nanogry, microgry, milligry, gry, kilogry, megagry, gigagry > etc). > 6 The word gry has a long (classical) history in that it is derived from > the ancient Greek > word, gry, where it meant 'a small amount'. This use seems to imply a small > amount of mass > rather than a small amount of length but my Greek isn't up to such subtleties. > 7 The idea of using a gry as a measuring unit (for length) goes back to > John Locke in 1679 > only 11 years after John Wilkins developed the original idea for an > international system based > on a 'universal measure'. > 8 Thomas Jefferson probably developed his ideas for a decimal measuring > system from John > Locke's gry but he used the word point instead in his 1790 report. > 9 The clash with the gauss is not a great issue as the gauss is deprecated > anyhow. Surely it's > time for our magnetic friends to move on! > 10 The gry could then have the symbol G > > > The web site at: http://www.onlineunitconversion.com/gry_to_shackle.html > says 'In 1813, the > gry was revived in another decimal measurement scheme in Britain.' but I have > never heard of > such a scheme at that time. Can anyone help me with details of a decimal > measurement scheme in > the UK in 1813? > > > Of course there is the small problem of the gry riddle (see: > http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/article008.html ) but I digress as this > is definitely off > topic. > > > Cheers, > > Pat Naughtin > > > PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, > Geelong, Australia > Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 > > > Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped > thousands of people > and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, > quickly, and so > economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, > or selling for > their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different > trades, crafts, and > professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in > Asia, Europe, and > in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, > NIST, and the metric > associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See > http://www.metricationmatters.com/ for more > metrication information, contact Pat at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or subscribe to the > free 'Metrication matters' newsletter at > http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter/ > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
