Thanks, Joe. I meant to say
'The use of kilogram per square centimetre (and bars) as units of pressure seem to be hangovers of earlier metric systems'. I knew they were not the same but my wording was ambiguous thanks for the correction. Cheers, Pat Naughtin LCAMS Geelong, Australia Pat Naughtin is the editor of the free online newsletter, 'Metrication matters'. You can subscribe by sending an email containing the words subscribe Metrication matters to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- on 2003-08-07 10.09, Joseph B. Reid at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Pat Naughtin wrote in USMA 26520: >> >> The use of kilogram per square centimetre (or bars) as units of pressure > seem to be hangovers of earlier metric systems. > > > Did I misunderstand? Did Pat mean kilogram per square centimetre and > bar? They are not quite the same. The bar is 10^5 Pa. The kg/cm2 = > 98 066.5 Pa
