RE: Re: Mains installation in garden

["Roger Sibley" <automated.house@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul,

Is it possible to be "very" pedantic, as surely you are either a
pedant or
you are not? ;-)

Roger=20

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lexfordparc [mailto:paul@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 10 May 2007 21:00
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Mains installation in garden
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> Stuart,
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> I was getting at the fact that centi is only really used with metres,
> and to a lesser extent litres. The reason being is that it is a non-
> preffered standard:
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>  The prefix hecto- to centi- are not 'preferred prefix' but referred
> to as 'other prefix' by SI, though centi- is in common use as in
> cubic centimetre or cc.
> Le Syst=E8me International d'Unit=E9s (SI) name the prefix giga and
nano,
> milliard and milliardth respectivly. The wording shown here was
> approved by the General Conference on Weights and Measures and has
> been adopted in practice.
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> Basically I was being very pedantic ;o)
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> Paul
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