For The Editor, Times of India,
Bahadurshah Zafar Marg,
Delhi
Nat and all:
I have observed sevral mails, but deemed it fit to sleep over. I feel I should
react to Why America failed - possibly in the hope we shall go metric when time
is ripe for changing over the whole-hog-way. I show some
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Metric-Fail-Measure-for-measure-
US-comes-up-short/articleshow/5962106.cms
Nat
Someone on this blog says: An M-16 uses English measure, while an AK-47 uses
metric.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M16_rifle says however that the M-16 uses 5,56 mm
rounds of ammunition. Another misconception.
Anyone have any idea why such on odd millimeter diameter? It gives 0,21889
inches.
M
Paul do you have a reference I can download and take to my doctor listing the
preference for kilogram body mass.
Mike Payne
- Original Message -
From: Paul Trusten
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Sunday, 23 May 2010 05:05
Subject: [USMA:47415]
Sirs:
Unfortunately I missed including the url: http://www.brijvij.com/bb_2013cal.pdf
Extreemly sorry.
Brij Bhushan Vij
(MJD 55341)/1726+D-156W22-02 (G. Tuesday, 2010 May 25H11:94 (decimal) EST
Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda
Jan:31; Feb:29; Mar:31; Apr:30; May:31; Jun:30
Jul
Pat and all, sirs:
>The American metric system, the British metric system and the standard metric
>system
>(SI) are available.
This does leave a scope for 'more confusion' and follow Le Systeme
International d'Unites we wish implemented - the world over.
I place the FORMAT of my 'new calenda
--- I actually agree with a lot of what you said there but I still cringe at
quotes like 'the inch is our enemy'. Far too emotional. And although I realise
that you may mean this with a degree of humour as well as seriousness all it
will do is 1) Charge up the nutter brigade who actually do th
Tom,
I share in part your disagreement with Pat that the centimeter is "the root of
all evil." It is certainly adequate resolution for clothes sizing, human
height, and a few other things.
However, as an engineer, I am pretty sure that if the finished clothes are to
be sized to the centimeter
You make an interesting point about the use of centimetres in the
Netherlands. However you did not note how long it took for the
Netherlands garment making industry to change from such things as
'duims' to centimetres. As the Netherlands were the first nation in the
world to effectively ado
This person is confused. Rationally he prefers the metric system, but
emotionally he likes to say he dislikes it when he writes:
(Don't even get me started on the big metric system push. Is
it /kilommitters/ or /killo-meeters?/ I still don't know. I use it when
I build furniture because i
Damn - you beat me to it.
(There is one homer in a marge, by the way)
From: carlet...@comcast.net
To: usma@colostate.edu
Subject: [USMA:47424] Re: USMA repsonse to Re: Comment from The Times of India
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 19:58:04 -0400
“* measurement as a running theme in the Bible
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