Engineering was metric (MKS) in the late 60s when I got my degree. Sure we did some calculations with feet and inches by mostly it was meters, kilograms, etc.
Brian KB1VBF Sent from my iPad > On Jun 22, 2014, at 11:06 PM, "Dauer, Edward" <eda...@law.du.edu> wrote: > > Three of the more important aspects of my life already are metric - > healthcare (dosages are are almost universally in mg/l and many infusions > are calculated in mg per meter of body surface squared); bicycling (even > American-made frames use hex bolts measured in mm); and wine (a quarto is > 250 ml, a bottle is 750 ml). The other stuff, like engineering, will > eventually catch up. On the other hand, the legal system is still rather > British. > > Ted, KN1CBR (enjoying a quarto) > > >> >> >> Message: 22 >> Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 18:51:43 -0400 >> From: "Bruce Beford" <bef...@myfairpoint.net> >> To: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] temperature sensors and "convert" -- totally >> off >> Message-ID: <12D663FC375E4C44B2A966F9033F1805@HPE250f> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> The United States is being dragged from Imperial measurements to the >> Metric >> System- Inch by Inch. 8) >> Bruce/N1RX >> (Enjoying a pint...) >> >>> Enough! It is time for the USA to quit fighting the rest of the world >>> and >> switch to Metric > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to b.den...@comcast.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
