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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <10j68ad$3k229$1@dont-email.me>,   
   Anders D. Nygaard  wrote:   
   >On 12/27/2025 2:36 AM, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   >> I think many of those names were approved and came into general use in   
   >> the late 1960s and early 1970s, when many countries were officially   
   >> adopting the metric system. Before that, Celsius was most often called   
   >> Centigrade, and Hertz was kilocycles.   
   >   
   >ITYM kHz was kilocycles?   
   >   
   >> Before that Amps, Vols and Watts   
   >> were common, but not some of the other names for measurements.   
   >   
   >/Anders, Denmark   
      
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