[seek-kr-sms] A Dictionary of Units of Measurement

[Bertram Ludaescher]

>From A Dictionary of Units of Measurement
	http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/index.html

What's New: 

    * spectral radiance in microflicks
    * Nepalese land units: the anna and ropani
    * a ground of land in south India
    * the British unit of alcohol
    * small angles measured in mgons
    * measuring sand grains in phi units
    * Strong-Cobb units for tablet hardness
    * land area by the tarefa in Brazil
... 


Also from there:

What countries besides the U.S. have not adopted the metric system?

Many U.S. teachers think the answer is "Liberia and Burma" (make that Myanmar). Let's give Liberia and Myanmar a break! All countries have adopted the metric system, including the U.S., and most countries (but not the U.S.) have taken steps to eliminate most uses of traditional measurements. However, in nearly all countries people still use traditional units sometimes, at least in colloquial expressions. Becoming metric is not a one-time event that has either happened or not. It is a process that happens over time. Every country is somewhere in this process of going metric, some much further along than others.

Bertram