Abstract
No one would claim that the SI is a perfect system of units. Before criticizing it too seriously, however, it must be remembered that it has the prime aim of rationality — that it is intended to be comprehensible and efficiently organized.
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E Deeson1 and P Davis1
Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd
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Citation E Deeson and P Davis 1969 Phys. Bull. 20 28
DOI 10.1088/0031-9112/20/1/024
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No one would claim that the SI is a perfect system of units. Before criticizing it too seriously, however, it must be remembered that it has the prime aim of rationality — that it is intended to be comprehensible and efficiently organized.