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Re: SI units


<RAUBERJ@mg.sdstate.edu> writes:

Why does one have to fight the use of the word "kilo" instead of
"kilogram", other than the fact that it isn't blessed by the SI
authorities? (I'd
rather have to fight the use of 'kilo' than the battle of fighting the
word
'pound').

I agree :)
Lets add "Why does one have to fight the use of "kilo" instead of
"kilocycle"
OR "KILOMETER"? Just kilos would be enough for non-scientists)

Herb Gottlieb from New York City
(Where we have dog pounds, fat pounds, and pounds as verbs
and no one fights their use as "pounds".


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