Hi Howard,
You are quite right on both counts. Actually, if you study the history of the
metric system, you will see that, apart from one decade in the eighteenth
century (1790-1799) it was actually British scientists who led the development
work on the metric system, aided by the French Go
Had me going for a minute. French system? It’s SI System International not the
French system but alas it’s that good old 1st day of the 4th month.
Howard R. Ressel
Project Design Engineer
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Metric connection? Oh, the totality path would have been about 110 km
wide, and the moon's shadow moves about 1500 km/h. I am an eclipse
chaser, of course. No offense intended to anyone, please, and enjoy all
of April 1.
On 4/1/16 034:34, Harry Wyeth wrote:
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Great idea. Perfect for today as being the first day of the fourth month.
John F-L
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Subject: [USMA 148] A compromise between SI and USC? – A modest proposal
A compromise between the metric system and USC?
A modest pr
A compromise between the metric system and USC?
A modest proposal
Friday MMXVI-IV-I
Introduction
Some Americans are concerned that their measurement system (still in use from
when America was a collection of British colonies,) is unnecessarily
complicated. They argue that it is difficult to
