On 2008/03/17, at 5:54 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Pat,
The drag on metrication in Canada was (and is) due to the proximity
of the United States and failure of the US to vigorously implement
metrication; rather than failure to exclude the prefix "centi", in
my opinion.
Gene.
Dear Gene,
I am sure that the proximity to the USA has had an influence on
Canada but when you visit building sites in Australia and in Canada
as I have done, you know how much extra complexity is added to all
measurement and their constant conversions by simply adding the
apparently simple prefix 'centi'.
Builders make hundreds of measurements each day so the simplicity of
working only in millimetres is a great advantage which, as I have
pointed out before reduces the costs on a building site dramatically.
---- Original message ----
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:05:45 +1100
From: Pat Naughtin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [USMA:40596] Re: Moving SI along - Let's discuss
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
...
...the centimetre (cm) shall not be used.
With these words the Australian Building and
Construction Advisory Committee effectively banished
centimetres from the building trades in Australia,
with the result that metric conversion in these
trades was smooth, rapid, and complete...
...
Cheers,
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Geelong, Australia
Phone: 61 3 5241 2008
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