APPENDIX B
Units Conversions
The book was written in mixed units, reflecting the lack of uniformity of usage across the world. While the United States persists in using their own version of the old British system of units, now referred to as the U.S. Customary System of Units, the rest of the world has adopted the modern version of the metric system, the Système International des Unites (International System of Units) or the S.I. System. However, even among users of the S.I. system, there are departures from the strict S.I. units. Therefore, it is necessary frequently to consult a table of units conversions. The one given below is intended to allow the reader to move back and forth between the units used in this book and the ones that the reader ...
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