On 2004 May 18 , at 10:31 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I tend to agree with Mr. Wade in using the liter over meter-cubed.
I agree, too, if you are only talking about small "household" sized quantities. I don't agree when the volumes being measured are in the kilolitre range and larger because a kilolitre is EQUAL to a cubic metre. So why not use cubic metres?
... the liter is not an official base unit of SI ...It is not a base unit nor is it an SI unit. It is a unit that is acceptable for use with SI, and it is defined in terms of an SI unit. A litre is equal to a cubic decimetre; indeed it is not even defined as a separate unit; it is defined as just an alternate name for the unit whose name is cubic decimetre.
it is more convenient to use the prefixes (with the litre) in regards to unit-conversion than meter-cubed.That really depends on what you are converting to what. Converting millilitres to litres is convenient. Converting megalitres into cubic kilometres is not.
My argument in all this is being lost.
I am not advocating getting rid of the litre.
I am advocating not introducing the kilolitre, megalitre, gigalitre, etc.
Regards, Bill Hooper Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA <><><><><><><><><><><><> Make it simple; Make it Metric <><><><><><><><><><><><>
