Nice examples here. Let's hope we get a metrication program going with the new administration that uses these kinds of useful tools to inculcate solid intuition for metric measures and dimensions in the populace.
--Ezra -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > A good reason to use "metric ton" of Mg rather than Mg of Mg. > > ---- Original message ---- > >Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 11:24:33 -0400 > >From: Pierre Abbat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: [USMA:41353] RE: symbols vs. abbreviations > >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > > >On Wednesday 09 July 2008 00:35:47 Martin Vlietstra wrote: > >> A power supply of 1 mW can power a hearing aid, while 1 MW can power the > >> air conditioning system of a small building. > > > >1 mL fits in a thimble. 1 ML is the volume of the four apartments in this > >building put together. I see that error commonly on bottles. > > > >1 s is a time interval. 1 S is an electrical conductivity. > > > >I also see "km/hr" occasionally and think "Kilometers per hryvnia?" > > > >"Mg" is two symbols. If you have 1 Mg Mg, how many flashbulbs could you make? > > > >Pierre > > >
