Furthermore, the term "colonial units" which I have begun to favor, as does Carleton, does not exclude all undesirable units, units "Outside the SI" (OSI units), a term which I prefer when I want to be more precise than is the term "colonial units." EAM.
---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:39:06 -0500 >From: "James R. Frysinger" <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:50241] Re: Slate Article >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > >No kidding! Some old metric units WERE customary! This area, like the >field of electromagnetism, were metric from the start. > >I assert that "customary" does not mean "non-metric". It refers to units >that were customarily used prior to being replaced by SI units. > >Jim > >On 2011-03-30 2216, Kilopascal wrote: >> The article gives false information. It claims that older metric units, >> like rem, rad, roentgen & curie are US customary units and sievert & >> gray are SI units. Some of the commentors corrected this error, but I'm >> sure that there are more people than just this author who think that >> these older metric units are customary. Just like calorie is assumed by >> many to be non-metric. >> >> >> [USMA:50239] Re: Slate Article >>...
