Wasn't he a close friend of the famous French bottle maker, M. Litre? greg >;) >>> "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2000-12-20 22:48:37 >>> 2000-12-20 OK! If you really must know who, it was Joule Pascal de la M�trique, a French Howard Hughes, who secretly funded the surveying expeditions on the condition the new measurement system was named after him. John Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrt�mlich glaubt frei zu sein. There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they are free! Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of James R. Frysinger Sent: Wednesday, 2000-12-20 22:14 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:9916] Re: "metric" Right. Again, the question is who, not why. Can it be attributed to any one person? Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The term "metric" is old (I do not know how old) from Greek. It means > measure. > France had many systems of measure, that is, metric systems. Each local > government had its own metric system. The national government of France made > up > one system of measures, specified to be decimal. So we have in French > history the > creation of not just a metric system but a decimal metric system. We, being > sloppy, have dropped the "decimal". We need to say "decimal" more often. > In SI 10 page 60, about the history of SI the second word is "decimal". > Robert H Bushnell 00-12-20 -- Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789
