Off hand, I don't know of one. NIST provides a list of non-SI metric units at http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/outside.html, but no non-metric units. The IEEE/ASTM SI 10-1997 document (for which you have to pay) has a comprehensive list. For ordering instructions, try the IEEE web site (http://standards.ieee.org).
That's a very sloppily done page on that UK site -- an orderly 3-column format for length, then a single, left-justified column for everything else. Her Majesty's Stationery Office evidently doesn't set very high standards for itself. Their spelling out of all the units, rather than using the symbols, is somewhat lugubrious, too. It would have been less effort to use symbols and provide a key, at the bottom of the page, for the uninformed. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On >Behalf Of Terry Simpson >Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 15:13 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:24871] RE: Definitions of US non-metric units > > >Thank you very much. > >Is there a root source that ends in .gov ? > >Similar to the UK version: >http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1995/Uksi_19951804_en_2.htm > >-- >Terry Simpson >Human Factors Consultant >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >www.connected-systems.com >Phone: +44 7850 511794 > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >On Behalf >> Of Bill Potts >> Sent: 16 February 2003 22:52 >> To: U.S. Metric Association >> Subject: [USMA:24870] RE: Definitions of US non-metric units >> >> Dennis Brownridge and I have anticipated that very need, Terry. >> >> Just go to http://metric1.org/nonsi.htm. >> >> Bill Potts, CMS >> Roseville, CA >> http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >> >> >> >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On >> >Behalf Of Terry Simpson >> >Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 14:45 >> >To: U.S. Metric Association >> >Subject: [USMA:24869] Definitions of US non-metric units >> > >> > >> >Can anybody give me an online reference that defines the >> >non-metric units in >> >the US? >> > >> >There are many unofficial references online but I want the definitive US >> >government source. I have seen some units defined in Federal Standard >> 376B >> >but many are missing. Perhaps there is a root document that the standard >> is >> >quoting. >> > >> >-- >> >Terry Simpson >> >Human Factors Consultant >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >www.connected-systems.com >> >Phone: +44 7850 511794 >> > >> > >
