--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The lack of *coherence* of the gram with other SI units can be avoided if one
> accepts symbols
> such as mkg, kkg, Mkg, etc. in the special case of the kilogram, to maintain
> coherence, while
> excluding double prefixes for other SI units, at least until the CIPM adopts
> a new symbol for
> kg.
>
> For example, I recommend kkg rather than Mg.
But the BIPM *doesn't* accept those symbols. They are non-SI. Your
recommendation is that we use
your modified system instead of the metric system for mass because of a purely
academic or
aesthetic issue. I cannot disagree more strongly. The most remarkable and
important quality of
the metric system is that it is an internationally accepted standard.
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