Madan wrote in USMA 19130: >The metric world pushed liter as the cubic unit and it >became popular and also made SI popular. > >On the other hand, the metric world did not stress >'are' (100 sq. meters) as the square unit and that is >why the acre and square feet still rules even in >metric countries.
That applies to Canada's incomplete conversion to the metric system. It certainly does not apply to most of the world. Joseph B.Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 TEL. 416-486-6071
