I had a look at that website. They say that centimeter and millimeter are
correct:
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/checklist.html

Greig

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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Pfeiffer [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: Measuring 1937 Ford V/8-60's


Are we talking the old metric system wich scientists don't use anymore (for
the last half century), or the current scientific Systeme International
that replaced the metric system in the 1950s for all of the hard sciences.
This system does NOT used the beloved centimeter, millimeters, ect.  The
only units are the meter, kilogram, second, amphre, kelvin, mole and
candela and decimal points thereof.  Good information can be found at:
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/index.html

No mater who jumps on WHAT measuring bandwagon,  it will all change
eventually just like the many incarnations (and sizes) of the Vara, Cubit,
and Foot.

(I measure in Centimeters, why I MUST be a scientist!)  :-)

Smoke


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Once accepting metric uniformitarianism, did Europeans find the Euro easier
to adopt? I kinda wonder. Some cultures may see non-uniformitarianism as a
defense mechanism. After all, Stalin ordered his rail lines across the
Soviet Union to have different widths so no invading army could drive
trains from one part of the country to another without changing out tracks
to locomotives and cars. But seriously, I agree with Geoff that American
ought to shift to metric...like the archaeologists have decades ago.

Ron May
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