There is an interesting letter in support of SI in today's Sunday Telegraph: THE former minister, Neil Hamilton, should realise that, in dealing with weights and measures (letter, Apr. 15), we are in the realm of Laws of Nature rather than laws devised by politicians. When a grocer in Sunderland places bananas on his weighing scales, they obey the same laws as the apple falling from a tree that inspired that great English scientist Isaac Newton or, indeed, a man-made satellite in orbit. The International Standard (SI) system of measurement acknowledges the contribution made by British scientists by having three key units named after individuals, namely Watt (power), Joule (energy) and Newton (force). Can we raise our sights above kilograms (mass) and metres (length) and get away from the notion that a foreign system of units is being foisted upon us? Politicians repealed the Corn Laws; they do not have the power to repeal Newton's Laws of Motion nor the Laws of Thermodynamics. Chris -- UK Metrication Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/
