Yes, and SI uses 10 and powers of ten extensively. What more significant connection could there be to a body-based notion (ie. 10 digits, hands or feet)? D.
-----Original Message----- From: Han Maenen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: October 30, 2001 01:37 Subject: [USMA:15902] Re: Rules of thumb 15 >This item is very interesting: linking the beginnings of measurement to the >new era, SI. This is also the reason why 30 cm rulers (about 1 foot) are so >convenient. In the metric future the foot will survive, not as a unit of >measurement but in the form of a convenient length, marked in centimeters >and millimeters.This is about anthropometric measurements. >Our friends from the BWMA, IAML, F2M etc., always claim that metric >dehumanzies measurement,. It does not and this example proves it. > >Han > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Pat Naughtin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 10:22 PM >Subject: [USMA:15885] Rules of thumb 15 > > >Dear All, > >This is the final edition of this series. It is a bonus edition I have >usually included ten items. > >Thanks again for your many contributions, corrections, and suggestions for >improvements. I have incorporated them all as best I could. > ><snip> > >Your Foot: Measuring the length of your own feet, in millimetres, can give >you a very convenient measure if you work out how many of your feet there >are in a metre. Most of my shoes are about 330 millimetres so I assume that >three of my feet measure a metre. My wife's shoes are about 250 millimetres, >so she uses four feet to a metre. >
