>However, Joe, it is a multiple of a submultiple, E6 x E-3 kg, a *double* >multiple in the format of powers of ten, ...
I think we are into angels-on-pin territory here. The Mg has to be at least as valid as the familiar mg, submultiple of multiple notwithstanding. Are you suggesting that use of the milligram be depracated ? > ...and in this sense, a violation of >the rule deprecating double prefixes. It may technically be a double multiple, but it doesn't have a double prefix. Look at it slightly differently, the base unit may be the kg, but the base unit *scale* is the g, so any prefix of g is correct. There is probably a different perspective here in Europe, where the metric system is widely used by the public, rather than only by scientists. Outside of physics, it doesn't really matter that the kg has been adopted as the base unit rather than the g, and units like the hectare and liter are every bit as valid to use as the meter and gram. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tom Wade, EuroKom | E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (all domain mailers). Dale House | X400: g=tom;s=wade;o=eurokom;p=eurokom;a=eirmail400;c=ie 30, Dale Road | Tel: +353 (1) 278-7878 Stillorgan | Fax: +353 (1) 278-7879 Co Dublin | Disclaimer: This is not a disclaimer Ireland | Tip: "Friends don't let friends do Unix !"
