On Thursday 26 May 2005 18:19, Daniel wrote:
> So if someone tells me their car engine delivers XXX horsepower, there is a
> good chance that figure is far from true?  Does this kind of deception ever
> happen with metric units?

This has happened with the calorie, which is one reason why the calorie isn't 
in SI.

phma
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