In the SI-manual, the tonne has the same status as the litre, hour, minute (time), day, degree (angle), minute (angle) and second (angle) as being "Units that are accepted for use with the Intenrational SYstem".
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Payne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 8:16 PM Subject: [USMA:36766] Re: A change in my previous position > The term Tonne is fairly widespread worldwide (at least in English speaking > countries) where if differentiates the metric ton from the original short or > long ton. > > Mike Payne > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda D. Bergeron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, 10 May, 2006 23:59 > Subject: [USMA:36748] A change in my previous position > > > > After much thought (and some experimentation) I am changing my previous > > position of endorsing the use of centimeters for personal private use. > > > > I have decided it would indeed be easier in the long run even for private > > individuals to stay with multiples of 1000. As Pat and others have > > suggested. > > > > However I do disagree with Pat in one small area. The use of "tonne" for > > 1000 kilograms. To me this smacks of the Imperial / USC unit of "ton". > > Thus I prefer "megagram" for this unit. > > > > Linda Bergeron > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! > > http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > > > >
