I have learned that on November 11 the European Parliament adopted a resolution
on the EU-US Summit and Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) meeting scheduled
for December 16–17calling for the mutual recognition of legal units of
measurement, in particular acceptance of metric-only labeling of E
Dear Peter,
I have just read and enjoyed your article, "Taking the measure of metric" that
I read at
http://pressrepublican.com/0205_columns/x879865848/Taking-the-measure-of-metric
As I read a few thoughts came to my mind:
Snow varies a lot in its density but, as a rule of thumb, some meteoro
The way John's suggests to convert American Football to metres is about the
same as I have suggested privately to some of you (maybe a little bit to this
list, I forget). Plus, I agree that there are more important things to change
before we tackle American Football.
One thing I would change in
Since the train is electrically powered, I am not terribly disturbed by the use
of the kilowatt-hour as a unit of energy. Even the SI Brochure (reluctantly)
accepts it for electrical energy. I am baffled by some fool converting it to
BTUs, which are customarily used only for thermal energy. I
Dear Carleton,
I think you will be interested in this train story at
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2010/12/hsr-emissions-paper-was-wrong/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hsr-emissions-paper-was-wrong
where they say:
Berkeley’s numbers are undone by a simple unit conversion error committed
That would be a possibility. Two 40 m lines, an unlabeled 45 m line at
mid-field, rather like Canadian grid. Give the chainsmen a 9 m chain for
measuring first downs. The field would be slightly shortened, 1.44 m, allowing
more seating, and no big tearup. Progress for a 1st down would be sho
On 2011/01/01, at 01:44 , John M. Steele wrote:
> Back to the "tradition." I understand why football would be hard to convert
> to metric without changing the game. It is played on a grid that provides
> ready measurement reference, and the 10 yd of forward progress for a first
> down is rath
Metchly, sir:
I thank you for your informative 'Metric Measurement in the 21st Century'.
Interesting reading. I have passed a copy to my son, who works for MEDCO,
Franklin Links.
I shall be moving for some time to my younger son at East Brunswick during next
week.
I take the oppertunity to WISH
I would warrant that the term m gallons refers to the roman numeral M meaning
one thousand, some innumerate journalist got hold of this and figured it must
mean metric being as it refers to a nice round number.
Don't know if I'm correct, but C woould be Century and M Millennium.
Mike Payne
On 3
Thanks Carleton for your note of Packet received.
I hope you can even persuade your neighbors at NIST in Gaithersburg, MD to be
more active in promoting SI. What happened to the initiative to amend the FPLA
to *permit* metric-only labeling? Has it stalled in DoÇ?
Gene.
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My gas bill (in the United Kingdom) has a field to tell me whether the meter
readings are in m³ or ft³. The computer does the rest.
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of John M. Steele
Sent: 31 December 2010 13:59
To: U.S. Metric Association
S
Maybe so but I don't think that will haven here for many generations.
From: Martin Vlietstra [mailto:vliets...@btinternet.com]
Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 11:44 AM
To: Ressel, Howard (DOT); 'U.S. Metric Association'
Subject: RE: [USMA:49357] Re: metric gallon
Hi Howard,
I tried Googling "Go
Hi Howard,
I tried Googling Golf site:.es or Golf site:.za and looked at a sample
of Spanish and South African courses. There were 100% metric!
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Ressel, Howard (DOT)
Sent: 31 December 2010 15:40
To
Happy New Year to all. May 2011 be metrically magical for you.
Has any one tried contacting the aurthors/reporters? Also if you did a search
on the site this publication seems to like using the gallon for some reason, in
New Foundland.
Id put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we
dont have to wait til oil and coal run out
I cannot imagine a game that is so steeped in tradition, such as golf or
football ever giving up the term “yards”. I was not suggesting the statistics
and official field measure could not be metricated but I highly doubt any
player or fan will call it something other than yards. Can you imagin
Back to the "tradition." I understand why football would be hard to convert to
metric without changing the game. It is played on a grid that provides ready
measurement reference, and the 10 yd of forward progress for a first down is
rather fundamental to the game play. I can see ways to chang
Don't forget also that I believe this situation regarding 'metric' gallons
occurred in Newfoundland (the article makes reference to Gander). Nfld only
joined Conferation in 1949, and there are some there who still don't accept
that and feel that they were somehow 'sold out'.
And while the resi
I agree on the tradition.
On the economics, there are examples of modifying billing software to include a
"meter constant" which can correct for errors of individual meters and/or
change
the unit of measuring from reading units to billing units. My gas company
recently changed their billing u
Canadians measuring in gallons is probably one of two things:
Tradition: It is going to take years to wean even the most metrically minded
country off of non metric units Even if we went 100% metric tomorrow certain
things will be referenced in WOMBAT for years, if not generations to come.
Lik
There is no metric gallon. It would be absurd to pay $1.80 per (metric) gallon
when last year you paid $1.60 per thousand gallons. Is it not obvious that
this
is an error by a stupid reporter or editor?
I do wonder why metric Canadians are metering water in gallons. I would tout
new pricing
I only distinguish between inches when I am being pedantic, or when the writer
is clear that he means a different inch; otherwise inches are just a code word
for 25.4 mm. For historical work, the difference (for US, UK, Commonwealth
inches) is too small to matter, and historically measurement a
The need for diacritics can be shown by my school experience (in South
Africa). My secondary school (12-17 years olds) taught both English and
Afrikaans speaking children (separate classes) and was known as Estcourt
High School/Estcourt Hoër Skool. The teachers went to great lengths to
remind the
Why not just use 4 Litres (4 L) rather than metric gallon. It’s much easier to
use, it’s very clear and less confusing, and it’s standard.
Stan Doore
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
John M. Steele
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 6:29 PM
To:
Being that this is a Canadian article, I would hazard a guess that it is 4 L -
but that is a guess. The reason I suggest 4 L is that windshield washer fluid,
paint and some other liquid products are sold in 4 L containers, and these have
been known to be colloquially referred to as a metric gal
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