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www.cccbr.org.uk www.nagcr.org English one. 112, 28, 1. Just describing what is. Been that way for 400 years. Carleton From: Jeremiah MacGregor [mailto:jeremiahmacgre...@rocketmail.com] Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 17:36 To: carlet...@comcast.net; U.S. Metric Association Subject: Re: [USMA:43212] Re: true metrication is systemic Who is we? Which version do you use the English or the American one? If someone gives you bell weight in hundredweight, how do you know which one was used to weight the bell? Of course if you used kilograms too, then it would be obvious which hundred weight was intended. Jerry _____ From: Carleton MacDonald <carlet...@comcast.net> To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 3:06:24 PM Subject: [USMA:43212] Re: true metrication is systemic And we still measure church bells in hundredweights, quarters, pounds. Unbelievably quaint - and rather strange. Carleton -----Original Message----- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Martin Vlietstra Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 13:34 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:43162] Re: true metrication is systemic Not quite right Paul - our pint is 568 ml. Our fl oz is small than yours, but our pint is larger, but what a good reason for everybody to adopt the same standard! BTW, the English ton is 2240 lbs, the American is 2000 lbs, the English hundredweight is 112 lbs, the American one is 100 lbs - an even better reason for a world-wide standard. -----Original Message----- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Trusten, R.Ph. Sent: 21 February 2009 17:45 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:43159] Re: true metrication is systemic ... snip Part of this idea is that 500 mL is larger than the U.S. pint of 473 mL (not so in the UK, where, I believe, it is a 20 fluid ounce pint of 591 mL) ... snip Paul Trusten, R.Ph. Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association (USMA), Inc. www.metric.org <http://www.metric.org/> 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122 Midland TX 79707-2872 US +1(432)528-7724 mailto:trus...@grandecom.net
