AW: [meteorite-list] Re: "Bessey Specks"

[Alexander Seidel]

Martin wrote:

> My linguistic prognosis is, that within 30 years the second component,
> "the speck" will have been disappeared and that we then will say only:
> "A Bessey". 

1 Bsy  = 0.001 g [CGS] or 0.000 001 kg [SI] respectively ???
Such a mass unit would not do justice to a man of our dear
Dean´s figure (..and importance)! :-)

Alex
Berlin/Germany