2002-10-14 Sorry, I thought the comment was an excerpt from the book.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Owen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2002-10-14 16:40 Subject: [USMA:22717] Re: 600 mile Meridienne Verte- Owen > You are confusing the author of the book with the author of the book review. > David Owen (the author of the book review.) > > > > > > > > 2002-10-14 > > > > Taken from paragraph 4 of: > > http://www.newyorker.com/critics/books/?021014crbo_books1, he states with > > his own words that he sides with "the pounds & ounce" crowd. Anyone who > > would spend the effort to write a book and tells you that the original > > survey of the Meridienne Verte produced an error and then go on to say FFU > > is more "human" friendly then SI, can not be pro-metric. > > > > His book was written to appear unbiased but it was meant to be a Bible for > > the anti-metric crowd. > > > > Like most unmetricated Americans, I suspect, I've usually sided with the > > pounds-and-ounces crowd in such disputes. I know that Olympic events are > > measured in metres, and that dietary fat and cocaine are both reckoned by > > the gram, but for a long time I vaguely assumed that the metric > > system was a > > bust. I also assumed that the metre was a modern invention, and that the > > world's interest in it must have crested in the early seventies, when I > > studied it in school. (The relevant chapter in our math book was called > > something like "Oh, No! The Metric System!") > > > > John > > > > >
