Gene, I understand an English inch is defined as 25.4 mm and an English foot is defined as 304.8 mm, etc., but the original comment was the definition of a metric inch and a metric foot, etc. In my opinion, a metric inch would be 25 mm and a metric foot 300 mm, .
Are you saying that metric units were only defined in 1960? I thought metric has been around since about 1790. I know the millimeter existed before 1960. Why do you say otherwise? Jerry ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 3:32:11 PM Subject: Re: [USMA:42452] Re: A thin veneer of dishonesty Jerry, Crazy numbers? How old are you, Jerry? Many things were first invented and manufactured before any of us were born, before metric units were invented, and certainly, before the SI was first defined in 1960. How could these things have been created in round-number millimeter sizes before the millimeter was invented? Gene.. ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:17:04 -0800 (PST) >From: Jeremiah MacGregor <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:42452] Re: A thin veneer of dishonesty >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> >Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > Brian, > > Wouldn't a metric inch be 25 mm, a metric foot be > 300 mm, and a metric mile 1600 m? > > Isn't a metric pound already used as 500 g in some > countries? So why do we have to have these crazy > numbers? > > Jerry
