Deluged by responses to his request for your favourite units, Robert P Crease discovers that non-SI units persist, and are sometimes even popular, among the physics community Setting the standard ...

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In an upcoming refresh, particle physics will define units of measurement such as the meter, the kilogram and the second. While America remains obstinate about using Imperial units such as miles, ...

A UNIT of pressure in terms of the height of the column of a liquid manometer is essential, since such an instrument, including the compression manometer (McLeod gauge), is indispensable in the ...