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Re: 19991108: Problems with udunits.dat: assay_ton

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  • Subject: Re: 19991108: Problems with udunits.dat: assay_ton
  • Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 15:46:26 -0700
Randy,

>Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 17:38:30 -0500 (EST)
>From: Randy Zagar <address@hidden>
>Organization: University of Delaware
>To: address@hidden
>Subject: Re: 19991108: Problems with udunits.dat: assay_ton
>Keywords: 199911082120.OAA14215

In the above message, you wrote:

> If *I* need to talk to NIST to fix their publication, I will...
> But I had assumed that someone on your end would handle that
> since it should be clearly obvious that anything called a 'ton'
> would be significantly heavier than 1.03 avoirdupois_ounces

I'm afraid that it's not clearly obvious to me that anything with "ton"
in its name would be significantly heavier than 1.03 avoirdupois_ounces
(and I've been dealing with units and their conversions for several
years now).

> I have already sent e-mail to the author requesting additional
> information.  It's either going to end up being a NIST typo or
> a fundamental misunderstanding on my part.

Please be sure to ask your author for a reference.

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Steve Emmerson   <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu>