I have been sending out tweets about World Metrology today to help alert more Americans. Maybe some on the list server can help out? Below is my tweet, but you are free to do as you choose:
Celebrate World Metrology Day, May 20, 2016. Consider how easy the Metric System is compared to the inch-pound system. On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 4:41 PM, Peter Goodyear <p...@alphalink.com.au> wrote: > Hi, everyone, > > Friday, 2016-05-20 is World Metrology Day and this year the theme is > ‘Measurements in a Dynamic World’. > > There is an official website <http://www.worldmetrologyday.org> co-sponsored > by the BIPM and the International Organisation for Legal Metrology. They > have a poster <http://www.worldmetrologyday.org/posters.html> showing > some dynamic high-tech items: the Large Hadron Collider, the International > Space Station, a high-speed train, a rocket and two supersonic aircraft. > The poster can be downloaded in several of the international A-series paper > sizes and a number of languages including English. > > On the NIST <http://www.nist.gov> website there is no mention of the > anniversary yet,(at the time of writing this it’s not Friday in the US > yet,) but some other organisations celebrate the day: > > • The National Physical Laboratory > <http://www.npl.co.uk/world-metrology-day/> in Britain has a great > feature with some amazing pictures. > > • Australia’s National Measurement Institute > <http://www.measurement.gov.au/measurementsystem/Pages/WorldMetrologyDay.aspx> > offers a prize for Australian metrologists. > > World Metrology Day also marks 141 years since the Metre Convention > <http://www.bipm.org/en/worldwide-metrology/metre-convention/> was > signed, and the US remains the only signatory where the metric system is > not in everyday use. :( > > Why not celebrate by measuring out a glass or two of beer tonight?! > > Originally posted on Reddit: > https://www.reddit.com/r/Metric/comments/4k4rwe/friday_20_may_is_world_metrology_day_141_years/ > > Best wishes from a metric Australia, > > Peter Goodyear > > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > USMA@colostate.edu > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma > >
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