On Sunday 24 January 2010 19:55:27 Pat Naughtin wrote:
Dear All,
I am beginning to make a collection of all those old pre-metric
measuring words that are described as:
Too entrenched to change.
Several of your examples are not too entrenched to change, but I would include
the mile *in the
On Tuesday 19 January 2010 22:33:08 Stanislav Jakuba wrote:
I noticed the proposed label for lightbulbs (M.T., 2010 Jan-Feb, pg 5). The
last line in the frame reads: Energy Used ...60 watts.
I brought up the article in the Federal Register, only to find that the
deadline was last month.
Some are so entrenched that the SI Brochure accepts them:
*Astronomical unit
*Not sure what you mean by atomic energy units, but the electron volt is
accepted
*The kilowatt hour is debatable but it is a compound unit made from accepted
units. NIST SP811 accepts it.
You should also include
I've experienced a small, potential success.
I searched for data yesterday on various kinds of wood to see which
would put out the most heat in the woodburning stove in the basement of
our new house. I came across a number of pages published by government
and by private concerns. In one case
Good article, Stan. This agrees with my premise that mass is a better
basis for buying wood (once moisture is accounted for) than is volume
(e.g., the cord). The exception to that is that volume is easier for
folks to measure. Who has a scale at home that is capable of checking
the mass of
Jim,
Check out this link at the bottom of the page you cited:
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/wood-biomass-combustion-heat-d_440.html
In essence, they have already done this. In fact all the figures I checked in
the table (a sample of high, low, and mid values) fall so close to 6400 BTU/lb
What is Tom's best? Will he produce a table in J/kg (or SI multiples)for
various woods? We too use a wood stove, in our Family Room.
Gene.
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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:08:55 -0600
From: James R. Frysinger j...@metricmethods.com
Subject: [USMA:46463] Wood and
Jim and Stan,
We use a Canadian air-tight wood stove which burns efficiently and almost smoke
free by using secondary combustion of flue gases.
Over the years I have compiled heat values of seasoned (dry) woods (in J/kg).
If you are interested, I'll send some numbers.
Gene.
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Thanks; I had not seen that page of theirs.
Note that the energy content of a given volume decreases only a little
with moisture content. Part of that is due to the swelling of wood as it
absorbs water and part of that is due to the energy required to drive
off that moisture before it burns.
What I've got so far is a promise, Gene, not the results of his promised
efforts.
Basically, for well seasoned wood, all wood types have about the same
energy content in a given mass. That value is 16.3 MJ/kg for 20 %
moisture content, I understand from the link that John Steele provided.
Ezra,
Although member states are not *required* to demand that supplementary
indications be correct (accurate within any certain limit). the EU Directives
no not prohibit member states from rejecting products bearing secondary labels
which fail to meet reasonable standards of accuracy.
Gene.
I wanted to see if I could get your quick help. Change.org recently
launched the 2010 Ideas for Change in America competition.
One idea is titled: Change to metric units. Stop using inch-pound
units.. I thought you might be interested in getting involved and
recommend you check it out.
I voted, Bob, assuming my newly created password allowed my registration?
Gene.
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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:27:36 -0700
From: Robert H. Bushnell roberthb...@comcast.net
Subject: [USMA:46472] Help me Change America
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
I
Sure. Send 'em on!
Jim
mech...@illinois.edu wrote:
Jim and Stan,
We use a Canadian air-tight wood stove which burns efficiently and almost smoke
free by using secondary combustion of flue gases.
Over the years I have compiled heat values of seasoned (dry) woods (in J/kg).
If you are
Pat, sir:
With the adoption of 'Metre' replacing yard, Why was Nautical Mile =1852m, not
repalced with a parallel terminology - the Nautical Kilometre! Please see:
http://www.brijvij.com/bbv_shelving-NMile.pdf
Regards,
Brij Bhushan Vij
(MJD 55221)/1726+D-036W05-01 (G. Monday, 2010 January
Canadians know what it's like to be cold.
John F-L
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From: James R. Frysinger j...@metricmethods.com
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 6:22 PM
Subject: [USMA:46470] Re: Wood and Combustion Heat Values
Sure. Send
Dear Robert,
Great idea – well done! It seems that it only needs another few votes
to rise in the rankings. Go to http://www.change.org/ideas/view/change_to_metric_units_stop_using_inch-pound_units
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, that you can obtain
On 2010/01/26, at 05:15 , James R. Frysinger wrote:
The old French unit, stere, was used to mean a cubic meter. There
are about 3.6 m3 (steres) in a cord. Of course, measuring wood by
the cubic meter would suffer the same stacking effects that
measuring it by the cord would.
Dear Jim and
Here in Tennessee they're called pickup trucks and they don't tip.
They come in all sizes. But no matter. Whatever the size, a truckload is
called a rick, an old name for a face cord. I get mine at a much
lower price ... from the woods surrounding my house.
Jim
Pat Naughtin wrote:
On
Dear All,
I have just found this on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoEgJzNf8b4
You may recall that the changing of the signs took place on a single
day (1974 July 1). From memory this was a Sunday. Note that there was
no attempt to use dual signs and there was no requirement to do
True enough, Gene. The critical point was that member states are much more
likely to ignore the issue than do anything about it.
(Unless you have concrete evidence to the contrary ... )
Ezra
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From: mech...@illinois.edu
To: U.S. Metric Association
I'm looking for the actual practice in the EU member states over the next year
or two for evidence.
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Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:03:51 + (UTC)
From: ezra.steinb...@comcast.net
Subject: [USMA:46480] Re: EU Metric Directives
To: U.S. Metric Association
I just got back from work, so I have some time to think about these.
On Sunday 24 January 2010 19:55:27 Pat Naughtin wrote:
astronomical units,
The AU is a natural unit, so I'd accept that it's too entrenched to change.
atomic energy units,
I don't know that unit, but there is the atomic
Put me down for the Don't hold your breath category.
I think I've become a curmudgeonly jaded pessimist in my old age ;-)
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From: mech...@illinois.edu
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 7:34:45 PM GMT -08:00
Dear All,
This is an interesting article:
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20100122/LOCAL17/1220353/The-Metric-System--Why-is-U.S.-so-far-behind
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, that you can obtain
from
Dear All,
I note that this talk (at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgtsSM7vN0Mfeature=youtube_gdata
) has now had more than 1200 viewers.
This is a little embarrassing as it is one of the worst presentations
I have made on metrication. You will notice that I had influenza and a
cold in
The impetus is unlikely to come from an EU member state government, more
likely to be an individual or a small local business that lodges an official
complaint.
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