Hi all:
Lessons I have learned so far from “Metrication in Australia”.
I read some of the PDF after downloading “Metrication in Australia” from
http://themetricmaven.com.
I noted one difference to the approach towards Metrication page 6 was the
avoidance of conversion factors in Education but have
Dear Ms. Neckar,
I want to thank you and your copy editor very much for taking the time to a
respond to my question about the use of pre-metric units in the article
mentioned below. I know how busy you must be in your day-to-day operations to
stop and confer about the content of one letter.
An interesting read in how we ended up with the methods we have in the US is Linklater's book "Measuring America". It basically started with Gunter's chain which is still referred to by surveyors even though it essentially is not used anymore.M Moon-- Original Message --
Received: 01:37
The guy who was whinging about thirds, quarters and the duo-decimal system
actually has a point – the mathematician Lagrange also considered the
situation. Lagrange was on the committee in France that advised the French
Revolutionary Government on matters of measurement. In sorting out the m
In my case, from my house to the traffic light at the main street
intersection is exactly 1 km.
Carleton
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Natalia Permiakova
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 15:46
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:52994] Re
I suggest visualizing a high school or college track, many of which
surround US football fields. The standard sprint race is 100 m, which
most folks have actually seen at one time or other--even on TV if not in
person. The finish line is often around the middle of the seating area,
and the st
I visualize a kilometer as something you can cover by walking during 1/5 of an
hour ~10 min (since 5 km/h is the average walking speed), 100 meters is a
distance we ran in school, which fit on strait side of the school stadium
Natalie
From: Henschel Mark
T
The Niagara Falls are one kilometre wide (measured I a straight line from
the US bank to the Canadian bank). (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilometre
).
The statue of Liberty occupies approximately one hectare.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hectare ).
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:
Assume that sound travels at 333 m/s. The sound will travel one kilometre
in three seconds.
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of John M. Steele
Sent: 26 June 2013 12:45
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:52990] Flash To Bang (Lightning Distance)
Well, I can help you visualize the size of metric units.
I think of a hectare as two football fields side by side.
(I think of football as a game where the object is to kick a ball into a net.
The player who causes a minor foul gets a yellow card and the players who cause
major fouls get red
Interesting article on estimating the distance to a thunderstorm:
http://www.livescience.com/37734-how-far-away-is-lightning-distance.html
She starts with the usual 5 seconds per mile, but she does include a metric
version. I'm not sure I want to multiply by 340 m/s in my head, however. It
mi
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