[time-nuts] unités & conventions internationales

[Richard W. Solomon]

-10 dpelling !!

73, Dick, W1KSZ

-----Original Message-----
>From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
>Sent: Oct 12, 2009 2:07 PM
>To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <time-nuts at febo.com>
>Subject: Re: [time-nuts] unités &  conventions internationales
>
>Thankfully, the enlightened use:
>
>...
>femto
>pico
>nano
>micro
>UNIT
>kilo
>mage
>giga
>tera
>...
>
>-John
>
>=================
>
>
>
>> time-nuts-bounces at febo.com wrote on 10/12/2009 04:23:11 PM:
>>
>>> From:
>>>
>>> "Chris Cheney" <chris.cheney at tesco.net>
>>>
>>> To:
>>>
>>> Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
>> <time-nuts at febo.com>
>>>
>>> Date:
>>>
>>> 10/12/2009 04:31 PM
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>>> Subject:
>>>
>>> Re: [time-nuts] unités &  conventions internationales
>>>
>>> Sent by:
>>>
>>> time-nuts-bounces at febo.com
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>>> > While Britain and Europe may agree on the definition of "billion"
>>>
>>> FWIW Britain is part of Europe.
>>
>> Hmm.  The British may regard this as an actionable libel.
>>
>>
>>>  It would seem that Britain and
>>> "continental Europe" don't agree on the meaning of "billion".
>>>
>>> Billion in the UK changed its meaning quite some time ago to accord with
>>
>>> the American usage (see
>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales> - the 1974 timing
>>> given there seems right IIRC).
>>
>> Interesting Wiki article.  I didn't know the history.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Joe Gwinn
>>
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