A kitchen scale is essential for one classic English recipe – the Victoria
Sponge Cake. The traditional recipe uses two eggs and requires that you use
the eggs as weights to weigh out the flour and sugar. Obviously if you start
with large eggs, you will get a bigger cake! Not sure how to
In addition, marker posts in Northern Ireland are at 110 yard intervals and are
calibrated in miles and chains, while those in England and Wales are at 100
metre intervals and are calibrated in kilometres. I believe that Scottish
marker posts are also calibrated in kilometres, but I have not
Also, if two horsemen carrying swords were to pass each other peaceably, they
would do so on the left so that their swords would not foul each other.
From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of John Altounji
Sent: 12 July 2016 20:17
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA
Once you guys have mastered ordinary roundabouts, you will be ready for things
like our “Magic Roundabout” – see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Roundabout_(Swindon).
From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Ressel, Howard R
(DOT)
Sent: 12 July 2016 15:36
To: U.S.
Engineer
Dept of Transportation Logo-with gov and commish names-memo
From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Martin Vlietstra
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 3:27 AM
To: 'Peter Goodyear'; 'Mark Henschel'; 'John Dunlop'; 'U.S. Metric Association'
Subject: [USMA 232] Re
In the UK, you can expect most households to have a kitchen scale. All recipes
here are in metric units, some with imperial units in brackets. For example,
see a typical recipe in the Daily Mail at
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-91187/Recipes-day-three.html. The
Daily Mail is the
On some of the border crossings, especially on minor roads, the only indication
that you have crossed the border is a speed limit sign in km/h (when entering
the Republic) or a “National Speed Limit” sign on entering NI. There are some
instances where both signs are on the same post so, if
I read one article which suggested that driving on he left was safer in the
Northern Hemisphere and on the right in the Southern Hemisphere as this
counter-acted the Coriolis force and hence the risk of whirlwinds.
From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Peter Goodyear
A picture of the pizza is at
http://tg24.sky.it/tg24/cronaca/photogallery/2016/05/18/napoli-pizza-record-guinness.html.
When I worked in Rome a number of years ago, I would occasionally buy some
pizza from a fast-food pizza outlet. The pizzas were often over a square
metre, you bought a
of pure alcohol. Thus a
750 ml bottle of 12% wine contains 90 ml alcohol or 9 units.
Martin Vlietstra
From: j...@frewston.plus.com [mailto:j...@frewston.plus.com]
Sent: 07 May 2016 07:56
To: Martin Vlietstra; jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net; 'Harry Wyeth'; 'USMA Disc'
Subject: Re: [USMA 186
As far as I am aware, the Canadians used to use Imperial gallons, not US
gallons. Although US and Imperial fluid ounces differ by 4%, the respective
gallons differ by about 30% due to there being 16 US floz in in a US pint, but
20 imperial floz in an imperial pint. Another good reason to
Paragraph 28 of Schedule 3 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 lists "Units of
measurement and United Kingdom primary standards" as a reserved function. My
understanding is that Stormont can pass legislation concerning "reserved
matters", but that the Northern Ireland Minister has the authority to
In the UK, metrication was industry-driven with the government providing the
necessary legislation to ensure a “level playing field” for each sector of
industry. Those industries who could profit from metrication (eg fewer
production lines because the export model and the domestic model were
The late Pat Naughin’s comments can be seen at
http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/EnergyWords.pdf.
From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Stanislav Jakuba
Sent: 11 April 2016 18:36
To: mechtly, eugene a
Cc: Howard Small; U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA 161] Re:
Hi Howard,
You are quite right on both counts. Actually, if you study the history of the
metric system, you will see that, apart from one decade in the eighteenth
century (1790-1799) it was actually British scientists who led the development
work on the metric system, aided by the French
I lived in South Africa when that country adopted the metric system. At the
time there were two official languages – English and Afrikaans.When I was
at school (pre-metric days) I was taught to write the date as “24 March 2016”
(UK English style), but in Afrikaans we were taught to write
I have certainly seen many clocks and watches with the number 13-24 on either
the inner or the outer dial, but never using larger digits than the digits
used for 1 to 12. The designer of this watch clearly had the view that the
wearer could tell the time by the position of the hands during
The Eurostar which runs between London and Paris also London to Brussels is
often advertised as having a top speed of "186 mph or 299 km/h" (a very odd
design specification). Possibly 300 km/h?
Costco have been misbehaving in the United Kingdom - I saw a one litre bottle
of olive oil
sing in three or four subjects).
Part of South Africa's metrication program was to prohibit the sale of imperial
measuring devices.
-Original Message-
From: j...@frewston.plus.com [mailto:j...@frewston.plus.com]
Sent: 30 January 2016 09:04
To: Martin Vlietstra; 'Michael Payne'; 'USMA'
Subj
numeracy in our young population.
If might be worth remembering the saying often attributed (wrongly I believe)
to Confucius: "That which I hear I will forget, that which I see I will
remember, that which I do I will understand".
Any comments?
Martin Vlietstra
-Original Message
... and what about Question 7?
I doubt that many Brits would know where to start with this one, let alone
Americans.
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From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of c...@traditio.com
Sent: 25 December 2015 00:24
To: USMA List Server
Subject: [USMA 49]
They could have omitted the word "Fahrenheit" without confusing any readers -
instead of writing "to 43 degrees below zero. Fahrenheit.", they could have
written "to colder than 40 degrees below zero" or "to below than minus 40
degrees".to 43 degrees below zero. Fahrenheit.
Martin
Maybe this is a ploy to ensure that at least one world record is held by an
American. After all, an American team won the world baseball series last year.
I don’t know who it was though.
Martin
From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net
Sent:
Hold the temperature to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit or hold temperature increases to
3.6 degrees Fahrenheit?
From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Henschel
Sent: 15 December 2015 23:19
To: Carleton MacDonald
Cc: USMA List Server
Subject: [USMA 24] Re: Paris Agreement in
At least (s)he didn't write 33.8 degrees Fahrenheit!
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From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of c...@traditio.com
Sent: 14 December 2015 18:30
To: USMA List Server
Subject: [USMA 21] Paris Agreement in Degrees Celsius
I was interested to note that in
? Is it
lawyers making loads-a-money out of a medical industry that are unable to adopt
sensible standards?
Martin Vlietstra
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
ezra.steinb...@comcast.net
Sent: 12 November 2015 01:13
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject
If you look carefully at the drawing you will see that the customer is
Husqvarna (a Swedish company). You might also notice the statement "Unless
otherwise specified interpret dims [sic] and tols [sic] per ISO standards 1101,
1660, 2692, 5458 and 5459".This part was made with the export
Hi Pierre,
You could do worse than show her the Wikipedia article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduction_to_the_metric_system.
-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Pierre Abbat
Sent: 10 October 2015 01:25
To: U.S. Metric
The BBC (along with the rest of the media) probably find it easier to drop the
space between the value and the units than enforcing an non-breaking space.
That is probably the reason why the ° in °C is omitted.
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
silent about the use of narrow
spaces in this context. (See
http://www.bipm.org/en/publications/si-brochure/section5-3.html).
Martin Vlietstra
-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of c...@traditio.com
Sent: 09 September 2015 21:
When Ireland converted from mph to km/h, they took the opportunity to review
all speed limits in the country. The actual conversion took place over one
weekend (See
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/motoring/features/ireland-goes-metric--fast-531570.html
for a new report).
From:
Hi Stanislav,
I don’t know about bottling plants, but “L” is often used when advertising
Perrier water in Europe.
I have a selection of advertisements, some of which show “L” and some of which
show “l”:
United Kingdom:
http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=274501973
Subject: [USMA:54765] Re: labeling 1-liter bottles of Perrier
In the Netherlands it it 1 Liter; in Germany, 1 l, all three. Thanks
Martin.
On Jul 2, 2015, at 4:39 AM, Martin Vlietstra
vliets...@btinternet.commailto:vliets...@btinternet.com wrote:
Hi Stanislav,
I don't know about bottling plants
All the maps used in WWI in Flanders were in metric units. The upshot was
that shortly after WWI the Brits decided to reissue all the UK military maps
using a metric grid (known as the Cassini Grid) - See
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t
If you have the luxury of designing the software, you should be careful
about using floating point numbers - they can create all sorts of problems.
A number of years ago I had to design a system that accepted logs of
electrical data that was taken at various points around Italy. The data was
It is quite common to see the volume of perfumes etc given in both ml and floz
in the UK. If they use US floz, then the package will be legal in both the UK
and the US. My understanding of the law in the UK is that if the amount of
material delivered is greater than the amount specified, no
Just keep these products out of the UK. Our pint is larger than yours. Of
course, we share the same litre (except that you spell it liter).
Martin
-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of mechtly, eugene a
Sent: 01 May 2015 18:44
One regular complaint of the anti-metric lobby is that 10 is not divisible
by 3 or 4. This is quite true - a fact that was not lost on the committee
that was set up by the French Government in 1790 to investigate weights and
measures and in particular the fact that the pied (foot) and the livre
UK
What is odd about that, Martin, is the US label uses the US spelling, liter.
They made a special but wrong label for the UK.
_
From: Martin Vlietstra vliets...@btinternet.com
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 3:18 PM
Subject: [USMA
I checked their website. It complies with UK law. However the product label
in the website:
http://www.costco.co.uk/view/product/uk_catalog/cos_6,cos_6.3,cos_6.3.1/1315
11 does not - it is illegal to display US gallons, quarts and pints on any
goods that are sold in the UK - if gallons, quarts
It appears to me that certain parts of the medical profession use odd
prefixes so as to avoid using decimal points. For example, in many
countries, the sugar level in one's blood is measured in mg/dL. The result
should lie between 70 and 120. Values of both 20 and 200 are possible,
representing
and suspicion.
Yes, fuel consumption reduces to an area if you simplify units. I support
doing that in cases where it adds clarity. I think you would have to admit
that, in this case, it subtracts clarity.
_
From: Martin Vlietstra mailto:vliets...@btinternet.com ^2.
To: U.S
Domestic water piping in the UK are sold as 13 mm, 19 mm or 25 mm piping. They
used to be ½”, ¾” and 1”.
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
Ressel, Howard R (DOT)
Sent: 11 March 2015 12:29
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:54633] RE:
Not only units of measurement a power devolved onto Congress, but it is a
power that Congress have repeated not exercised when they should have don
so.
-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of -
Sent: 12 February 2015 23:41
To: U.S.
May I remind readers that two of the original designers of the metric system
were ministers of religion - Watkins (An Anglican (Episcopalian) bishop) and
Mouton (a French Catholic priest) while the government that actually put the
metric system into place (the French Revolutionary Government)
I understand that the medical profession uses odd prefixes to avoid decimal
points. This is particularly important in the US where it is common to omit
leading zero.
-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Pierre Abbat
Sent: 10
I did a quick calculation.
230 kN = 23.445 tonnes/wt = 23.068 long tons wt = 25.837 short tons weight.
For the record, a “long ton” is 2240 lbs and a “short ton” is 2000 lbs (Just
another UK/US difference).
To answer Mike’s question, the thrust is 23.4 tonnes-wt.
From:
to get it all sorted out in my own mind, I know! I will apologize
in advance; surely I have made some errors in the above -- hopefully minor
ones.
Jim Frysinger
Chair, IEEE/SCC14
DTA, US TAG for ISO/TC 12
DTA, US TAG for IEC/TC 25
TA, US TAG for IEC/TC 1
On 2015-01-07 12:48, Martin Vlietstra
standards developed in Europe. Are they beginning to converge
to more universal global standards? Who knows!
Gene Mechtly.
On Jan 6, 2015, at 1:32 PM, Martin Vlietstra vliets...@btinternet.com
wrote:
Are many ASTM standards are adopted by ISO? I know that many, if not most
ISO
Are many ASTM standards are adopted by ISO? I know that many, if not most
ISO standards started life as a national standard.
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of mechtly, eugene a
Sent: 06 January 2015 19:15
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: U.S. Metric
To put this into perspective, a new-born baby weighs typically 3.5 kg and is
between 50 and 55 cm in length. This gives a BMI of between 11.5 and 14.
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of John M. Steele
Sent: 06 January 2015 16:53
To: U.S. Metric
In some countries, blood sugar level is measured in mg/dL. I believe that the
use of dL rather than litres or mL is to avoid using decimal separators. A
blood level are typically in the range of 75 to 150 mg/dL. This could be
written as 0.75 to 1.5 mg/mL or 750 to 1500 mg/L. The first of
Although the New SI should provide a better definitions of the base
quantities, it suffers the drawback that it becomes more difficult to introduce
the concepts of unit definitions to students who are in their early teens. This
has been partially remedied in version 9 of the SI brochure by
In my view, having dual measurements is a good intellectual exercise for the
top students, of dubious benefit to the mid-performing students and a hindrance
to the bottom-performing students. I am not really in a position to say how
bit the top and bottom groups are, but I suspect that the top
Bonjour Mike
I checked out my own Dyson (A DC01 model), and the manufacturer’s serial number
plate gives its maximum consumption 1200 watts. On the DC01, the plate is
located at the back of the machine at ground level. Such plates are of
importance in the UK as all our appliances are
Mike,
If you visit
http://www.dyson.co.uk/support/dc50/dc50-animal-erp/using-your-dyson-machine/where-is-the-serial-number-locateddc50
you can see where the serial number is located.
Martin
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
Martin
Of course, if you had solar cells on your car’s roof, you could charge your
batteries during the day. Assuming a 2 square metre array operating at 50%
would give you 1 kW recharge – enough for 50 km a day.
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
These terms sound very good. The term “global standard” includes the units in
Tables 6 and 7 (also tables 8 and 9 in special circumstances) of the SI
Brochure. The term “local legacy”, or “US legacy” is pretty neutral while at
the same time emphasising the word “legacy”.
From:
Hi Mike,
To me, the dyne erg and angstrom are legacy units.
Regards
Martin
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Michael Payne
Sent: 16 November 2014 12:59
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: USMA
Subject: [USMA:54457] Re: What to call non SI
was probably the cause of the failure of my remote
sensing device.
These remote sensing devices are likely more vulnerable to surges than the
previous electro-mechanical meters.
.
Eugene
From: Martin Vlietstra [vliets...@btinternet.com]
Sent: Thursday
Hi Eugene,
I don't know about the law in Illinois, but under English law you are
required to pay what is due to the electricity company, no more and no less.
If the quantity of electricity used cannot be measured, then it is up to you
and the electricity company to agree an appropriate figure. If
I don’t know how many people know of the International Organisation of Legal
Metrology. (Home page http://www.oiml.org/en). They ARE BASED IN Central Paris
and work closely with the CGPM. Their job is to harmonise legal metrology
around the globe - for example ensuring that ensuring that a “1
That is the situation in the UK as well. Hospitals record a baby’s weight in
grams, but the midwife converts to pounds and ounces for the benefit of the
mother (and granny). There are some exceptions – for example here:
It should be remembered that fuel consumption in customary/imperial units is
inversely proportional to fuel consumption in metric units.
Thus mpg * L/100 km = 235 (US gallons) or 282 (Imperial gallons).
Yesterday tomatoes in a UK shop were £2/kg (ie cost per unit benefit). If we
Why not use “distance” in place of “footage”.
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
cont...@metricpioneer.com
Sent: 11 August 2014 00:21
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:54283] RE: He won’t touch issue with 3.048-meter pole
Al Lawrence.
Hi Gene,
Given the on-going battle of state-vs-federal battles and the way in which
the federal government has neglected its duty to control weights and
measures, it would not surprise me to see that each state has its own system
of regulation. May I suggest that you visit
Dave,
Congratulations on your granddaughter. I am sure that she is worth her weight
in gold.
For the record, gold is measured in troy ounces (about 31 g) and there are 12
troy ounces in one troy pound. J
Regards
Martin
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu
You could push him in the direction of the Wikipedia article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_metric_system. The point that
come through in that article is that the adoption of the metric system occurred
during a period of reform and was independent of the type of reform. What
Eugene is quite right, a person should be consistent in how they write and
pronounce words, but that does not mean that there is only one right way
to do things. For example, even though this is a US site, I consistently
write in British English. I know that there are a few differences, but I do
The South African adoption of the commas was a mini-exercise in
standardisation. When South Africa switched over to the metric system in the
1970s there were two official languages English and Afrikaans. Each had
their own abbreviations and conventions. In English, the date was written
The Wikipedia standards can be seen at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mosnum. Leading zeros are required
except for gun calibres and [baseball] averages.
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Michael Payne
Sent: 14 July 2014 06:19
To: U.S.
In the UK, the word teaspoon is not actually used in the instructions from
the pharmacists, but a plastic teaspoon with a 5ml contour is usually
included in the box that holds the medicine.
-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of
Harry,
This works out at 104 m/min per player, not 10.4.
Martin
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Harry Wyeth
Sent: 12 July 2014 01:09
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:54105] World Cup stats
It was reported that the players in
Before the Revolution, the French had a system that was similar to
Imperial/Customary units - the Kings measures was 12 inches to a foot (324
mm), 16 ounces to a pound (489 g) etc. However the local authorities had
the freedom to redefine the Kings measure locally. So guess what, in
grain-growing
There is a legal problem with fluid ounces in international travel. Do you mean
UK fluid ounces or US fluid ounces? Once you are on an internal US flight, it
is quite clear that they mean US fluid ounces..
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
Hi David,
If you are measuring atmospheric pressure, kPa is the most appropriate SI
measure you will get numbers that are approximately 100, if you choose Pa you
will get numbers of the order of 100,000.
Atmospheres are a historic uni of pressure and is the pressure associated with
a
Unfortunately the motor industry is one of the big bastions of imperial
units in the UK. I believe that they very much like the idea of Ireland
having km/h and the UK having mph as this enables them to segment the market
making it unattractive for British motorists to buy cars outside the UK,
Of course one should also remember that in earlier years, the French units of
length were 12 lignes = 1 pouce, 12 pouce = 1 pied, 6 pied = toise. The
specification given to the manufacturers of the “Mètre des Archives” in 1798
was to construct a bar that was 3 pieds, 0 pouce, 11.296 lignes in
Harold,
British English and US English are two different languages that are mutually
comprehensible and that have a 99.9% overlap. I write in British English, but I
am aware of the differences between the two.
One of the benefits of using the spelling “metre” in the UK for the unit of
Is this what you were looking for?
метр (Russian), μετρο (Greek)
The easiest way to generate then is to cut and paste from a WORD document.
Martin
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
John M. Steele
Sent: 23 June 2014 19:57
To: U.S. Metric
Also the sponsor is Walmart and the cheque is made out in US dollars. I once
stumbled across a similar event in a village Ireland. I suspect that the film
rights are the important aspect of this exercise, not the local publicity and
the film rights are world-wide.
From:
That would be totally counter-productive. Some of those on the list are
influential people in NIST and although they don’t post here, they read what is
posted and hopefully “voice” their agreement on NIST committees which prepare
reports for Congress. Other signees are hopefully influential
to assume the two plugs are not
about different types of current, but rather about two different standards of
electric plug types that are used in electric cars made by different
manufacturers.
Mark
On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 11:30 PM, Martin Vlietstra vliets...@btinternet.com
wrote
that use
American English”.
Regards
Martin Vlietstra
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
cont...@metricpioneer.com
Sent: 07 June 2014 23:37
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:53928] Re: YOUR LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL REQUEST - LC0044
Have
Transferring 23,5 kWh in 30 minutes represents an energy transfer of 47 kJ/s
(or 47 kW).
A domestic plug in the UK can deliver 2.86 kW (and I suspect that a domestic
circuit in the US would have similar limitation) and they would take 8.2 hours
to fully charge the battery.
If the car only
The tesla (lower-case T) is certainly metric – it is the unit of magnetic field
strength. J
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
Mark Henschel
Sent: 05 June 2014 01:52
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: U.S. Metric Association; Metric Pioneer
Subject:
From: Martin Vlietstra mailto:vliets...@btinternet.com
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 7:31 AM
To: U.S. Metric Association mailto:usma@colostate.edu
Subject: [USMA:53904] Re: Associations Identify Using Metric Weights as Key to
Avoiding Medication Errors with Pediatric Patients
We had
We had a similar problem in the United Kingdom – although patient weights were
recorded in kilograms, the weighing devices themselves were often dual-scale.
Until a few years ago, certain hospitals had cut corners by using domestic
quality scales. (See
One of the anomalies of the British Army is that a vet can treat a human in an
emergency, but a doctor may not treat a dog or a horse. The rationale is that a
vet’s training covers him for all sorts of animals from the smallest to the
largest and a human is just another species, whereas a
If you have a specific example of a grain/gram error that led to the death
of a patient, then send it in. (One grain is 64.80 mg, making a gram about
16 grains).
-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Metric Rules Info
Sent: 24 May
is to indicate milligrams.
It has absolutely nothing to do with any non-SI units. Can anyone offer an
answer to my original question?
- Message from Martin Vlietstra vliets...@btinternet.com -
Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 12:40:56 +0100
From: Martin Vlietstra vliets...@btinternet.com
The gauss is a cgs unit, not an SI unit. As Pierre rightly point out, 1 MG =
1hT or, as per the Wikipedia table at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_system , 1 G = 10^-4 T.
-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Pierre Abbat
Hi James,
I assume of course that I would have to use a little over 3 quarts of water.
:-)
Regards
Martin, resident in the UK.
-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of James
Sent: 13 May 2014 18:19
To: U.S. Metric Association
explicitly.
Jim
On 2014-05-13 13:45, Martin Vlietstra wrote:
Hi James,
I assume of course that I would have to use a little over 3 quarts of
water.
:-)
Regards
Martin, resident in the UK.
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu
I can certainly back Eugene up in his proposal for best practice. In the
UK the law requires that most unit prices be per kilogram. This is not
always enforced. Many supermarkets, especially on the delicatessen and
confectionary counters, have a mix of unit pricing per kilogram and per
100 g. At
The word nanowavelength suggests a fraction of a wavelength to me. These
seems to contradict most of the quantum physics that I teach, notably
Planck's Law. J
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Michael Payne
Sent: 16 April 2014 23:01
To: U.S. Metric
Yes, that is an imperial pint, but it would be illegal to sell it in the UK.
Although EU rules permit supplementary units alongside metric units, UK
legislation has catalogued those units that are permitted as supplementary
units - the word pint MUST refer to the Imperial pint. If this can
.
Mike Payne
On 11 Apr 2014, at 14:02, Martin Vlietstra vliets...@btinternet.com wrote:
Unless the law in SA has changed, the use of floz is illegal there. When
they went metric, it was illegal to sell any measuring device that had
imperial units on it. (Same as Australia). Likewise
An athlete running at 10 m/s can do 100 m in 10 seconds (I can’t). Likewise,
the speed on a tennis ball, baseball or cricket ball means much more if it is
given in m/s than in km/h. To put things into perspective, in cricket the
bowler releases the ball at about 18 metres from the batsman.
I have commented on section 13 (Foreign regulation), drawing to attention
the incompatibility of the US and the Imperial pint, quart and gallon. I
also cited UK legislation that can be found at
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/659/pdfs/uksi_20060659_en.pdf (in
particular section 8.3 fg). My
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