[ARC5] Meter. Feet, Pounde etc.,,

[J. Forster]

There was a related split between the CGS and Rationalized MKS systems.

Remember abamps?

I've learnt both EE and ME and use the two systems interchangably. If
doing EE, I use MKS; if ME the English system. I really have zero feeling
for an air conditioner calculation in calories or a beam strength in Kg.

You only really have to learn about a dozen conversions.

IMO, neither system really has much over the other.

Oh, and frequencies are in Hz. Wavelengths are in microns or nanoimeters
(optical).

FWIW,

-John

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>> ...hey, let's get on 260 feet.
>
> When I was an Electrical Engineering undergraduate student, thirty-mumble
> years ago, we took some little pride in the electrical sciences having
> always been metric from the start.
>
> We even looked down a little upon our fellow mechanical-minded students
> for their use of awkward English units like BTUs and foot-pounds.  You
> just had to snicker a little at a units system that included the SLUG.
>
> Mike / KK5F
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