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Subject: Re: Useful Metric Conversions
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 11:06:00 +1000
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----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
Cc: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu>; Paul Richards
<paul@originative.co.uk>; <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 8:13 AM
Subject: Re: Useful Metric Conversions

*snip*

>
> The metric system made a distinction between weight and mass right
> from the beginning.  The gram was the unit of mass, not weight; the
> unit of weight was the bary, which dropped out of use.

I can see why...I can't imagine strolling into a shop and going " A bary of
potatoes please, my good man"





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