>From that last exchange between Jim Frysinger and Stan Doore, I am >contemplating the corruptions of the SI we have lived with, and I wonder if >even the metricated world could stand international standardization of >measurement. Consider:
a.. kelvins instead of degrees Celsius for temperature b.. square meters or square kilometers instead of hectares c.. megagrams instead of tonnes or metric tons d.. In U.S. medical laboratories, millimoles per liter instead of milligrams per deciliter for results involving concentrations Actually, I've never seen a megagram used, but I don't understand why it isn't used. Its symbol, Mg, could hardly be mistaken for the milligram, and,even so, no one is going to mistakenly ship someone else one milligram of rice. Paul Trusten, R.Ph. Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association, Inc. www.metric.org 3609 Caldera Blvd. Apt. 122 Midland TX 79707-2872 US +1(432)528-7724 [email protected]
