I think saying it’s an International System with French origins is better than calling it a French system.
Howard R. Ressel Project Design Engineer [Dept of Transportation Logo-with gov and commish names-memo] From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Peter Goodyear Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2016 4:50 PM To: mechtly, eugene a; USMA List Server Subject: [USMA 154] Re: A compromise between SI and USC? – A modest proposal ATTENTION: This email came from an external source. Do not open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails. Dear Mr Mechtly, My suggestion of using the cgs system in the USA is not to meet the requirements of SI and the BIPM, but to supplant the SI system. In any discussion of introducing the metric system, the American people show a strong aversion to having foreign ideas foisted upon them by their government. Americans also show a preference for a weights and measures framework (one can hardly call USC measures a system,) which is British, hard to use and is not used by anyone else in the world. The CGS system meets all three criteria. Howard: the metric system was often described by the British as “the French system” when very few countries had adopted it. I am merely continuing that tradition, as I am of British extraction. Unfortunately, a lot of the anti-metric crowd like to point out its French origin and guilt-by-association with the French Revolution and subsequent Terror. I’d like to say “Thank you!" to all my correspondents. If you enjoyed reading my modest proposal as much as I enjoyed writing it, then we’ve all had a bloody good waste of time! ;-) Best wishes, Peter Goodyear p...@alphalink.com.au<mailto:p...@alphalink.com.au> On 3 Apr 2016, at 00:22, mechtly, eugene a <mech...@illinois.edu<mailto:mech...@illinois.edu>> wrote: The proposal by Peter Goodyear is without merit, in my opinion, on April Fools Day or on any other day! cgs units have no prospect of meeting the provisions of the International System of Units (SI), now or at any time in the future. Eugene Mechtly On Apr 1, 2016, at 1:24 PM, Martin Vlietstra <vliets...@btinternet.com<mailto:vliets...@btinternet.com>> wrote: Hi Howard, You are quite right on both counts. Actually, if you study the history of the metric system, you will see that, apart from one decade in the eighteenth century (1790-1799) it was actually British scientists who led the development work on the metric system, aided by the French Government because the British Government were too busy undermining their own scientists. Martin From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Ressel, Howard R (DOT) Sent: 01 April 2016 16:43 To: Peter Goodyear; USMA List Server Subject: [USMA 151] Re: A compromise between SI and USC? – A modest proposal Had me going for a minute. French system? It’s SI System International not the French system but alas it’s that good old 1st day of the 4th month. Howard R. Ressel Project Design Engineer <image001.jpg>
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