The kilocalorie, used for heating tends to be replaced by the kilowatt, at
least in Europe including the British Isles, where the BTU/h was/is used.
kJ/h is wrong and deprecated as well,
Han
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There are 437-1/2 (!) grains in the ounce avoirdupis and 7000 in the pound
avoirdupois. And indeed, anti-metric luddites are capable of everything,
Han
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For what I have seen yet all tires have SI units and ffu in paranthesis. Like John
said Good Year ones do this as well as Bridgestone (Made in Japan) and Firestone. I
have not checked yet a Pirelli tire.
In terms of the gauge I have seen in Wal-MArt a Victor dial-type pressure gauge with
dual
And I thought "I" was the cynical one! Gee, guys, where is all this frustration coming
from?
I think it comes from lack of leadership inspiration. US metrication has to be a
cause, not just a task. The conversion of the measurement system used in the
wealthiest, and putatively, the most techno
Oh boy, it's all so true. Read on.
In a message dated 2001-11-21 12:22:58 Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
2001-11-21
I hear what you are saying, but I doubt even the death of the President from
a misdosage will prompt a change. Here are a few reasons I can come up
with.
1.)
Joe, I surmise that the difference is LEADERSHIP!
If President George W. Bush were to go before the Congress as he did post-9/11 and
make the Ex Cathedra statement that "the United States shall adopt SI", then it would
be done. Most Americans would see it as a patriotic duty, were it only frame
Bill Hooper wrote in USMA 16215:
>Two points, Joe ---
>
>(1)
>You wrote:
>> I might add that 1 rad = (1 rad) squared = 1/(1 rad), but it is always
>> about an axis which means that it is always a vector quantity.
>
>I don't agree, Joe. The ANGLE may be a vector but the unit is NOT. Comare
>with v
John Kilopascal wrote in USMA:
>2001-11-21
>
>I hear what you are saying, but I doubt even the death of the President from
>a misdosage will prompt a change. Here are a few reasons I can come up
>with.
>
>1.) The people taking the readings are not the ones doing the calculations.
>The ones taki
John Kilopascal wrote in USMA 16281:
>I thought the symbol for year is "a", from the latin annum. I'm surprised
>it isn't listed, even for the reason you stated. Plus, the year does have a
>sort of exact value: 365.24.. days. The fact that it isn't coherent
>or consistant with SI, shou
Bill Hooper continues the controversy with:
>You asked:
>> Why the
>> vehement objection to the use of radian in mechanical units expressed by
>> several members of this list?
>
>It does SEEM appropriate to insert the radian as part of the unit of torque
>WHEN THE TORQUE IS USED TO CALCULATE ENER
On Tue, 20 Nov 2001 11:41:09 -0500, you wrote:
>BBC News | ENGLAND | Judge weighs up case for pounds
Is till can't find that story, John!
However, it's interesting that they seem to have edited it, as the
story (appearing in the Guardian, among others) originally had 'waved
placards and banners
On Tue, 20 Nov 2001 23:53:40 -0500, "kilopascal"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>2001-11-20
>
>It figures!
>
>If you were to guess, how long would you expect a written answer to be? I
>checked the BBC site and there doesn't appear to be any article for later in
>the day.
No idea, John. I've since h
The north pole is in the middle of the Arctic ocean, international waters or
ice in this case. No one has jurisdiction.
The magnetic north pole is in Canadian jurisdiction, but has been known to
move.
I try to use metric in my workshop whenever possible
Hope this answers some of the questions.
Harry Wyeth commented:
> ... it
> will suffice if we can simply increase use of the "big three", being the
> liter, the kilogram, and the kilometer (and their subdivisions).
I don't think that the "Big Three" would quite suffice. I think we need to
include degrees Celsius and watts and maybe (alt
2001-11-21
I hear what you are saying, but I doubt even the death of the President from
a misdosage will prompt a change. Here are a few reasons I can come up
with.
1.) The people taking the readings are not the ones doing the calculations.
The ones taking the readings are lower on the totem p
Grains aren't a problem in US healthcare, but pounds might be.
One scenario that will bring US metrication to the forefront would be the
Congresswoman who is admitted to a hospital and has to receive drug therapy which is
dosed in milligrams per kilogram of body weight.
Let's say she is a nat
Below is a science news snippet in The Dallas Morning News as reported by the Washington Post that gives avid metricationists another avenue to promote SI. Allegedly, humans are capable of sophisticated triangulation and trignometric calculations in their subconscious:
Mental gauge of distance high
2001-11-21
I thought the symbol for year is "a", from the latin annum. I'm surprised
it isn't listed, even for the reason you stated. Plus, the year does have a
sort of exact value: 365.24.. days. The fact that it isn't coherent
or consistant with SI, should still place it in those set
Adrian Jadic asked in USMA 16251:
>He used ml/d and in another instance written as ml/day.
>
>You will (hopefully) all agree that it is a useful way to describe the
>drug's dosage as mass or volume per day. However, I don't remember the SI
>allowing the symbol "d" for day (or maybe diem).
In th
2001-11-21
Noch 40 Tage bis der €uro als Bargeld
kommt
2001-11-21
Well, if the person tries to weigh out something, he will be in trouble if
he wants to actually weigh something in grains, as all the balances are in
grams. Unless, of course, he sees something in "gr", assumes it is grains
and then tries to convert to grams so it can be weighed. But
Still it is remarkable that a movie made by an
American network was that foresighted to use
a metric sign.
While Canada's border doesn't extend to the
North Pole, Santa does have a Canadian
mailing address. Children can send their
letters to Santa at:
Santa Claus
North Pole H0H 0H0
Canada
---
Suppose that some medical personnel that still thinks in grains goes to work
in a hospital that uses SI but with incorrect symbols. That hospital uses gr
where it should be g! The abbreviation gr is only too often used in general
for gram,
Han
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