descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 06 Feb 1919 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 102, pages 444-444 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

Authors: G. R. Hilson;

doi: 10.1038/102444c0

Scientific and Practical Metric Units

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IN the article entitled “Scientific and Practical Metric Units” which appeared in NATURE of October 24, 1918, reference is made to the convenient bridge to the metric system which exists in the ton, and the author asks for a convenient monosyllabic name for a weight of about 2.2 lb. I would commend for consideration the word “seer.” The Imperial Indian seer, in common use all over India on the railways, weighs 2.05 lb., and would be as convenient a bridge to the metric system for India as the ton would be at home.

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