----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2001-04-03 13:39 Subject: [ukma] (fwd) Metric units > On Tue, 3 Apr 2001 18:16:27 00100, blaise.egan wrote: > > Dear Discovery Channel, > > I greatly enjoyed your recent programme on The Science of Special > Effects which aired in the UK a few days ago. I particularly > appreciated that the voice-over used metric units, not Imperial units. > Britain has gone a long way towards metrication over the years and > most people can cope with metric units without too much trouble these > days. For a science channel such as yourselves I really think it > essential. > > One error which I noticed. There was at one point a reference to > pressure, which was given in kilograms per square centimetre. This is > an obsolete metric unit of pressure. The correct unit is the pascal. > > regards > > Blaise F Egan > Chelmsford > United Kingdom
