2002-12-16 If we were all asked what new name we would give to the kilogram, what would we chose?
It will have to be a name that is short and simple and is pleasant sounding to the ear. I can't think of one now, but what about the rest of this group? John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2002-12-16 14:52 Subject: [USMA:24042] Re: tonne = megagram (An Off Shoot) Gustaf Sj�berg wrote: >The kilogram is just not right in the sense that it is a base unit >that by name is based on another unit. Yes the kilogram is an unfortunate anomaly in that respect. >This unit, the gram, is too small to be a base unit itself. I really don't care what size the base unit is. We all use units with prefixes in shopping, human sciences and engineering. So call it tonne, gram, kilogram or blob and choose any base mass for it. The main issue for me is that the name is identical throughout the size scale and it should reduce factors in formulae. The discomfort that we feel with megagram is merely the same discomfort of unfamiliarity that anti-metric people frequently quote as a criticism of metric units.
