David Pearl, I refer to the article by David Sefcik in Vol.4 Issue 5 *of the NIST publication*, W&M Connection.
David Sefcik is not to be confused with David Pearl. I apologize for the possible confusion by my failure to state full names. Eugene Mechtly ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 4:30 PM To: mechtly, eugene a Cc: U.S. Metric Association Subject: Re: [USMA:53243] W&M Connection Vol. 4 Issue 5 Mr Eugene Mechtly. Which article do you refer to? David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917 ----- Message from [email protected] --------- Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 21:00:40 +0000 From: "mechtly, eugene a" <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:53243] W&M Connection Vol. 4 Issue 5 To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Cc: "mechtly, eugene a" <[email protected]> > David, > > I just read your article of September 11th. > > Unfortunately, the FPLA has still not been amended to *permit* > metric-only labeling on products regulated at the Federal Level > although metric-only labels are now permitted on most products > regulated at state level by *nearly all* states of the USA! > > Given the FPLA as is continues to exist in US Law, you had no choice > but to discuss "duality"; SI Units and Units Outside the SI. > > There is one technical point what I would have recommended. > > Compare the "values* of both declarations; a number and a unit in SI > with the equivalent of the other number and its non-SI unit, *afer* > the latter has been converted to its value, i.e. its number and unit > in SI. > > The larger of the two "values" of the declarations (or two > measurements) are to be compared, not the larger of the two units in > question. > > Eugene Mechtly > > ----- End message from [email protected] -----
