--- "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The metric system wrong? That is heresy, heresy I > tell ya! <GRIN> > http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/books/12/02/alder.measure/index.html > > There is a message of hope near the end of the > article, though: > > "Eventually, he says, Americans will fully adjust. > The metric system was > meant to be global, and the meter created by the > surveyors has become the worldwide standard."
Still, the last sentences are (in compliance with your header): "Yes, the actual length of the meter -- compared with what was intended -- is a mistake. But it's a mistake that has "transformed the world," as the book's subtitle has it. "That is why," Alder says, "Delambre and Mechain's meter -- created 'for all people, for all time' -- was in fact an error for all people, for all time." Vindication for the rod, the fathom, the hand! mMMWA-hahaha! ;D Debbi 5 feet, 4 inches Maru (Darby being 14 hands, 3 inches @ the withers) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
