Perhaps it is because of the American frame of reference when
measuring human height (feet and inches - mixing units) and that
Americans are not exposed to typical usage that they assume human
height must be rendered in a mix of units that correspond to feet and
inches, but this is not the case. Here is a paragraph from a Wikipedia
article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height that shows examples
of typical usage, which is in cm only (no meters):
According to study by Economist John Komlos and Francesco Cinnirella,
in the first half of 18th century, the average height of English male
was 165 cm, the average height of Irish male was 168 cm. The estimated
mean height of English, German, and Scottish soldiers are 163.6 cm -
165.9 cm for the period as a whole, while that of Irish was 167.9 cm.
The average height of male slaves and convicts in North America was
171 cm.
David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917
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Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:16:19 -0500
From: Henschel Mark <mw-hensch...@neiu.edu>
Reply-To: mw-hensch...@neiu.edu
Subject: [USMA:52883] RE: RE: Re: A Response to the Metric Petition
at We The People
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Cc: "'U.S. Metric Association'" <usma@colostate.edu>,
"'mechtly, eugene a'" <mech...@illinois.edu>
You are taller than I am.
I am 1.68 meters high and 97 kilograms.
Mark
