Re: Metric System Is Gay

In sci.skeptic JohnN <jnorris53@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Jul 2, 7:25=A0am, HVAC <MR.H...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>> The kilogram is the only remaining standard of measurement tied to
>> a single physical object: a 120-year-old lump of platinum and
>> iridium that sits in a vault outside of Paris, France. But the mass
>> of this chunk of metal is slowly changing relative to the 40-odd
>> copies kept by other countries, and no one knows why or by how
>> much.
>> [...]

>I think the kilogram should be expressed in something more useful and
>common like cocaine.

Well, seriously, I thought it was defined in terms of pure water,
like:

1 cc = 1 milliliter = 1 gram of pure water at 1-degree C at sea level,
and to raise it 1 degree C would require 1 calorie of heat.

A quick search seems to indicate a more complex relation****p; e.g.:

http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-milligram.htm

....states that:

"1 gram (g) of water has a volume of 1 milliter (mL); that is 1 cm3
(cubic centimeter) at a temperature of 3.980C and an air pressure of
1013.25 hPa."

So much for simplicity.

Spencer Hunter, Tucson, AZ.
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