On 25 Sep 2006, at 21:25, Malcolm Cadman wrote:
Gone metric in 1959 and nearly 50 years later - hardly aybody's
noticed. Sounds about right.
So for about the next 40 to 50 years we carried on expecting a
pint of
milk, a pint of beer, filling station pumps deliver litres of petrol
and
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], George
Gwilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
On 25 Sep 2006, at 21:25, Malcolm Cadman wrote:
The thing is that the English measuring system is all based around the
practical world of experience.
Some of examples that I can think of are the inch being the distance
of
On 24 Sep 2006, at 21:56, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
Shall we ponder how this rumour will work? Start with clock faces
changing from 1-12 to 1-10.
Napoleon tried to make the time go metric. I actually saw an example
of a French clock of the period which had ten hours per day.
It didn't take on
George Gwilt wrote:
On 24 Sep 2006, at 21:56, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
Shall we ponder how this rumour will work? Start with clock faces
changing from 1-12 to 1-10.
Napoleon tried to make the time go metric. I actually saw an example
of a French clock of the period which had ten hours per
Dilwyn Jones wrote:
...
rant
You probably forget the inevitable British resistance to change. How
long have we been thinking of going metric?
We actually went metric on 1 July 1959 when:
The yard was redefined as 0.9144 metre /exactly/[1]
and
The pound was redefined as 0.45359237
rant
You probably forget the inevitable British resistance to change.
How
long have we been thinking of going metric?
We actually went metric on 1 July 1959 when:
The yard was redefined as 0.9144 metre /exactly/[1]
and
The pound was redefined as 0.45359237 kilogram /exactly/
