Actually, the original gram was 1 cubic centimeter of distilled water at 4c, making a kilogram 10 cm * 10 cm * 10 cm of distilled water at 4c. Then they discovered nuclear isotopes that allowed the mass of water to vary between samples.
On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 6:41 AM Tony Thigpen <t...@vse2pdf.com> wrote: > > Wayne, > > We are an independent sort of people. We don't blindly follow others > after the latest fad, like SI units. SI units are not really built on > something real, but instead are a unit that looked for a base item that > 'fit' into the new perception of reality. > > It is humorous that the meter was originally defined to be one ten > millionth of the distance between the North Pole and the Equator through > Paris. Or that the kilogram was originally defined as the mass of a > man-made artifact of platinum-iridium held in a specific laboratory in > France. It appears that the whole SI system was a system to make France > the center of the universe. :-) > > Tony Thigpen > > Wayne Bickerdike wrote on 7/20/20 12:50 AM: > > Current international agreement for all new elements is to end them with > > -ium. > > > > Odd how the USA hangs on to impractical learnings. Even the UK moved to SI > > units while I was at school in the 1960s. > > > > Took me a while to get used to a gallon that isn't a gallon and a pint that > > isn't a pint (16 oz vs 20 oz.). You also short changed the ton by 240 lbs. > > > > And Webster, whilst described as an anglophile gave you center instead of > > centre, defense instead of defence... > > > > Not sure why saying an abacus is a computer makes me insane:) The best > > joker wore a mask. > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 8:19 AM Tony Thigpen <t...@vse2pdf.com> wrote: > > > >> Personally, I prefer a more authoritative source than Google, but it is > >> almost the same story: > >> > >> https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/aluminum-vs-aluminium > >> > >> Tony Thigpen > >> > >> Bob Bridges wrote on 7/19/20 6:09 PM: > >>> Because I know you were all breathlessly awaiting the verdict on the > >> great "aluminum"/"aluminium" controversy, I went to find more information. > >> At https://books.google.com/books?id=YjMwAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA201 you can find a > >> page in _Elements of Chemical Philosophy_ by Humphrey Davy (who first > >> isolated aluminum), published in 1812; here he talks about "aluminum" (a > >> metal to be found in alumina, which in turn was processed from alum). > >> Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium) says this about the > >> name: > >>> > >>> "British chemist Humphry Davy, who performed a number of experiments > >> aimed to isolate the metal, is credited as the person who named the > >> element. In 1808, he suggested the metal be named alumium in an article on > >> his electrochemical research which was published in Philosophical > >> Transactions of the Royal Society. This suggestion was criticized by > >> contemporary chemists from France, Germany, and Sweden, who insisted the > >> metal should be named for the oxide, alumina, from which it would be > >> isolated. In 1812, Davy published a chemistry textbook in which he settled > >> on the name aluminum, thus producing the modern name. However, its spelling > >> and pronunciation varies: aluminum is in use in the United States and > >> Canada while aluminium is in use elsewhere." > >>> > >>> That sounds plausible to me. > >>> > >>> --- > >>> Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 > >>> > >>> /* It's ok to doubt your beliefs; but it's not ok to believe your > >> doubts. -Jim Snider, pastor, 2000-12-10 */ > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Bob Bridges [mailto:robhbrid...@gmail.com] > >>> Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2020 17:34 > >>> > >>> Aha! Yet a third story; in this one Davy started out with "aluminum" > >> and the Europeans ~added~ the 'i'. > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > >> On Behalf Of Joe Monk > >>> Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2020 07:22 > >>> > >>> The British Scientist (Davy) who discovered ALUMINUM named it that. It is > >>> we Americans who are using the correct name ... the British press felt > >> that > >>> it should be in line with sodium and potassium and thus added to the > >>> spelling. > >>> > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >>> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >>> > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >> > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
