John,
With regard to catalogues. I'm afraid it's hard to
tell how accurate figures are. They don't usually specify accuracy with
measurment data. They are usually for guidance purposes only so don't rely on
them if you need very precise information. It's always nice to hear from
you.
Phil
Here's an interesting story in its own right about
a new discovery of ancient civilization in Europe, but it also demonstrates The
Independent's apparently 100% metric editorial policy:
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=645976
Would that Tesco see things the same way
...
In all, more than 150 temples have been identified. Constructed of earth
and wood, they had ramparts and palisades that stretched for up to half a mile. They were built by a religious people who
lived in communal longhouses up to 50 metres long,
grouped around substantial villages.
The new highway distance replacement signs they're putting up in our area (southern New Hampshire) say "Such-and-such 1 mile (1.6 km)"!
On 2005 Jun 10 , at 6:54 AM, Daniel wrote:1600 m is closer to the old mile than is 1500 m anyhow.
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What
would be really slick is if they put "1/2 mile - 800 m" for small
distances. Rather than just a translation betweenimperial and
metric, which most people would ignore, you give them the smaller sized unit
which some might find convenient. Even if they
treat 800 m as
Andeven more: the articlemight make onebelieve that thestatute mileis beingused in Central Europe to measure distances. Like British teenagers in a Eurolines long distancebus or coach from London to Amsterdam that approached the Belgian/Dutch border a few years ago.A distancesign on the motorway
I know it's legal
for speed and distance signs to be im metric in the US. I think i read on this
site a few months ago that in 1993 congress passed a law to allow metric signs.
Why would congress have to pass a law when the metric system has been legal
since 1866? I wonder if in the next 50
Title: Mixed units mess at 24 Hour Fitness
Article on the 24 Hour website. As a club member, I wrote to the webmaster to express my displeasure with the mixed units in the article. The question was posed to the trainer by a club member in metric units only and should have been answered that
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0.8 km is readable on a metric odometer. This may be
the thinking of those who put p the signs. Unlike yards, feet and miles,
800 m and 0.8 km are easily converted into each other. SoI see no
problem with either. If you were referring to the use pf parentheses, then
I agree
If I'm not mistaken the signage style is the same in both
the UK and the Continent. Thus it is easy to make such a mistake.
I'm sure Continental students in the UK make the same mistake in reverse.
A member of the BWMA present would set them straight.
I doubt they forget metric when they
On 2005 Jun 11 , at 3:35 AM, Ezra Steinberg wrote:
x-tad-smallerHere's an interesting story in its own right about a new discovery of ancient civilization in Europe, but it also demonstrates The Independent's apparently 100% metric editorial
Yes, I was pretty tired last night and missed
that.
I still give the UK regular press some slack
because of the presence of "miles" on road signs. Some day, mayhap
Ezra
- Original Message -
From:
Bill
Hooper
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Saturday, June
Title: Message
Actaully more fundamental than that. By using "1/2 mile - 800 m"
rather than "1/2 mile - 0.8 km", you're giving people the option of using
short-distance units to estimatedistance, rather
thanaconversion which they ignore. I know a lot of people who
like to thinkin yards, and
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