Ron Johnson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 02/25/07 17:57, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: >> Joe Hart wrote: >> >>> I remember when I was in elementary school (in Virginia) that we were >>> taught the metric system >>> >> >> Actually this approach is very good. You get to know about other things >> and wont be overwhelmed when you encounter them. In India, We were taught >> CGS, > > CGS? >
CGS stands for centimeter-gram-second. Basically the length is measured in centimeters etc., It is a very old system. Stuff like dynes, ergs are used to measure force, energy. More info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CGS >> MKS, SI and a bunch of other stuff both in high school, college. I found >> it > MKS stands for meter-kilogram-second. Basically the length is measured in meters etc., It is new compared to CGS. SI system is developed based on this MKS. More info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/ http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
