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From: Jan Van Dijk (janvandijkinjapan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-17 07:41:32
On Thursday 16 October 2003 22:42, Deane Yang wrote:
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> When we think of grams, meters, or seconds, we are thinking of relative
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One small point: there seems to be a misunderstanding that in the SI system g
is the base unit for mass, instead of kg. Also in a previous posting somebody
stated ("... but using kg instead of g").
This is not correct, strange as it may seem, the kilogram _is_ the fundamental
unit. Note that the SI system can also be referred to as the MKS system
(meter-kilogram-second).
Bye, Jan.
-- Keio-Tsuushin Residence Dr. Jan van Dijk, Room 210 2 Chome 19-30, Mita Minato-ku 108 Tokyo, Japan jan_at_[hidden] tel: +81 3 5476 9461 (home)
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