Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of ProcedureDefinedUnits

Timestamp:

02/13/09 15:07:38 (16 years ago)

Author:

gschadow

Comment:

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ProcedureDefinedUnits

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 equivalent of another. 
 
-  Like if I counted an amount of people by the amount of oxygen they consume in the room. 
+  Like if I measured an amount of people by the amount of oxygen they consume in the room. 
 
 And it gets worse if the measurand and the equivalent quantity are of 
 the same dimension, 
 
-  Like if I count the number of people by the number of hairs they leave behind. 
+  Like if I measure the number of people by the number of hairs they leave behind. 
 
 And it is all fine if I have a fixed constant conventional coefficient, 
  
-  Like: a person loses 10 hairs per hour, so if after 2 hours a room has 10^6 hairs on the floor, there must have been 5*10^4 people in the room.
+  Like: a person loses 10 hairs per hour, so if after 2 hours a room has 10^6^ hairs on the floor, there must have been 5*10^4^ people in the room.
 
 But it gets worse if an expert comes along and says: