[USMA:46075] Consuption in J and W

I am attaching a table that shows that the descendants of the inventors of the metric system are also very smart. They (the French) have avoided the expense of the time and labor the US has been throwing into the wind. Among all industrialized nations, they alone were able to cut hydrocarbon

[USMA:46360] steam and metric

Terry: I appreciate your finding the SES car article interesting and your sending me the reference to the new speed record. It puzzles me that the news of this new, steam car, speed record appeared on BBC only recently as the record was achieved in August. There was a coverage of the event

[USMA:46439] Light Bulb Labels

I noticed the proposed label for lightbulbs (M.T., 2010 Jan-Feb, pg 5). The last line in the frame reads: Energy Used ...60 watts. I hope USMA, and every junior-high graduate, will object to the wrong unit or wrong terminology in that line. It should be either the shown energy used in

[USMA:46572] A change of address

There seems to have been be a random denial of my two-decades old email address. Below is the newly acquired gmail address. To be safe with answers to my e-mails when you click on reply”, please ad the gmail address to the Cc (or Bcc) frame. I am still trying to get my old address working

[USMA:46695] Electricity rate

This is about the growth of the annual bills for electricity. Electricity rate has about doubled for me in the last few years. I though we were supposed to experience lower rates enabled by harvesting renewable (free) energies. As we all know, the U.S. has been investing in the sources of free

[USMA:46867] VW and wrench

As a comment to the story below, this Ferdinand-Porsche-and-his-two-wrench-Beatle myth has been reoccurring on this forum and elsewhere for decades. No way to stop it. Some even claim the existence of a 13 mm wrench, but no such bolt heads existed in Porsche's time. My brother and I took apart

[USMA:46899] VW and wrenches

Closing the VW debate, a person who has lived in Germany and owned and drove various Beatles from 1962 onward, offered this explanation to the hex sizes myth. In the olden days, it was common among German manufacturers to sell cars with a set of wrenches and other tools included. The Beatles,

[USMA:47552] The article feedback

Concerning the posted article feedback, I believe I should be the last person in the world to be accused of not distinguishing between energy and power correctly. Dozens of notes were posted on this forum from me concerning that issue. Let me quote myself from the recently published book POWER

[USMA:48431] kelvin

regarding the policy of the SITEN list, please contact the list owners at siten-requ...@listserv.ieee.org. -- Forwarded message -- From: Stanislav Jakuba jakub...@gmail.com To: James R. Frysinger j...@metricmethods.com Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:30:12 -0400 Subject: Re: [SI

[USMA:48579] Performance and cost analysis or a P-V system

Several years ago, you may have read a paper of mine that contained a table of performance and cost for a roof solar system after one year of usage. It concerned a single family house, located in Austin, TX. I have been fortunate to obtain the owner's record for, by now, 5.5 year usage.

[USMA:48580] Performance and cost analysis or a P-V system

Sorry for the missing Excel attachment. Several years ago, you may have read a paper of mine that contained a table of performance and cost for a roof solar system after one year of usage. It concerned a single family house, located in Austin, TX. I have been fortunate to obtain the owner's

[USMA:48985] ppm ppb, ...

Apparently, IPCC has done it again. Messing up the meaning of the various pps (ppm, ppmv, etc.), caused them to be off as much as 50 %. This, for a change, seems a non-intentional falsification of data, unlike the East Anglia University affair. Concerning the pps, I am proud to say that I have

[USMA:49667] A mole hill into Himalaya

I cannot but show my discomfiture at the enduring importance given to this –er –re non-issue. Americans must be the laughing stock of anyone who speaks other languages. None have this “problem.” European languages, except English, are (more or less) phonetic, and many other languages do not

[USMA:49748] SAE SI

To answer the SAE and metric question, SAE ground vehicles publications (except the SAE Handbooks) had been 100 % SI for over a decade in the previous millennium Two letters below, both very old, may illustrate the struggle within SAE. The reactionary influence of several members in the SAE

[USMA:49765] UN and metric

I stopped at the United Nations center in NYC a few days ago. Browsing thru the visitors brochures on display I was amazed to find data in English-units only such as in the description of the sizes of the various UN buildings (e.g. 75-foot ceiling) and masses (e.g. 2000 ton of Vermont marble).

[USMA:50810] Otis metric

It seems that I am expected to answer the question: When did Otis convert? Taking the question literally, the answer would be “not yet and it never will” because Otis, as most companies that I helped metricate, did not convert in the usual sense of the term. Instead, Otis “phased in

[USMA:50927] blocked emails

Our webmaster Don Hillger informed me that several of my listserver messages were not getting thru. He was kind enough to sent them back to me. But I could not open the chain of the e-mails and so can only re-send the messages individually. I will try to point out the topic in each email. If

[USMA:50928] blocked mails

Our webmaster Don Hillger informed me that several of my listserver messages were not getting thru. He was kind enough to sent them back to me. But I could not open the chain of the e-mails and so can only re-send the messages individually. I will try to point out the topic in each email. If

[USMA:50929] blocked emails

Our webmaster Don Hillger informed me that several of my listserver messages were not getting thru. He was kind enough to sent them back to me. But I could not open the chain of the e-mails and so can only re-send the messages individually. I will try to point out the topic in each email. If

[USMA:50977] Re: Fw: Re: Why mint coins no one wants?

It was interesting to read John F-L's analysis. How perceptions differ! John's analysis seems logical but the logic does not apply to me. Although foreigner to this country, I prefer the US currency paper/coin ratio over any other. Frequenting Europe, the abundance of EU coins amuses and irritates

[USMA:51027] Re: Millimetres of Mercury Millibars of air pressure.

Changing to a different blood pressure unit faces no different consequences than changing to any other unit (the US could not compare radioactivity readings with the Russians at Chernobyl, for example) except that blood pressure reading is universal like the BMI reading: just the numbers. The

[USMA:51049] Re: US should weigh up one vital change

A comment on: The Chinese round everything to a round metric size before manufacturing and the American consumer is totally . The Chinese are not that dumb to waste their time on duplicated converting and risking a mistake. They sure know which hardware is made to one and only internationally

[USMA:51105] Calculations easy

Note: This e-mail was apparently blocked as some of the earlier ones were. Here is a new attempt. Some of you may have noticed the Metrication at Otis Elevator Company article in the latest issue of METRIC TODAY. Thinking that the editor may be short of material, I drafted another article for

[USMA:51114] Re: Calculations easy

suggestions: 1) The small print should be large, bold print! 2) In paragraph on Watt, that one unit only suffices, it is a bit unclear on first reading what only attaches to. May I suggest that a single unit suffices might be clearer. --- On *Fri, 9/9/11, Stanislav Jakuba jak...@snet.net* wrote

[USMA:51116] Re: Calculations easy

frequently, rapidly if you do not. At 1/2 life, efficiency may drop below 10 %. Stan On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Pierre Abbat p...@phma.optus.nu wrote: On Friday 09 September 2011 11:33:08 Stanislav Jakuba wrote: Note: This e-mail was apparently blocked as some of the earlier ones were. Here

[USMA:51193] Re: Fwd: Another wierd unit

Every time I encoutered the kips it meant kpsi (1000 psi). (I am not claiming that it may not mean what others wrote also.) Stan Jakuba. On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 10:22 PM, Bill Hooper billhoope...@gmail.com wrote: I think kips stands for kilo-pounds. The fact that the kip, as well as the pound,

[USMA:51199] Swedish companies

Jim Elwell wrote about his experience with the Swedish buyer of his company QSI. It reminded me of my experience with a buying Swedish company. It acquired a large, U.S. manufacturer of packing/filling equipment. An unusual case in my consulting practice, and you might be interested why. The

[USMA:51287] Re: 2012 AP Stylebook Suggestion Form Now Open

Here is my contribution to the AP stylebook discussion. It may be a futile attemp as all the previous were. But one should keep trying, right? I am attaching it here for a feedback/criticism before sending it to AP. Stan Jakuba On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:42 PM, Kilopascal kilopas...@cox.net wrote:

[USMA:51327] Re: United Streetcar, doing it right

I am glad I opened this e-mail. Many, many years ago I was contacted about the Portland (and other West Coast locations) street-cars and troley-busses imports. The design and many components are all of Czechoslovakian, and later Czech Republic, origing. Being of Czech descent and knowledgeable

[USMA:51368] Re: U.S. Commerce Secretary IS BEGGING US to write to him about metrication!

These standards are of course 100 % metric .. Incorrect. Not all ISO/IEC standards are or were metric. A plenty are inch based, some US, some British. Stan Jakuba On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 11:06 PM, Bill Hooper billhoope...@gmail.comwrote: Here (below) is my letter to Mr. Bryson, prompted by

[USMA:51373] Re: ISO Standard that uses inches

Gentlemen: There seems to be a fundamental misconception about ISO. ISO does NOT write or generate standarts. It publishes them. That's all. Nobody at ISO is an expert on any particular standard - it is a publishing enterprise that, in addition, provides the coffee and doughnuts to the delegates

[USMA:51504] RE: millibar depreciated

The pascal, kilopascal, megapascal, millipascal, etc is the obvious multiple of pascal to anyone who appreciates the simplicity of SI. The only reason for the hectopascal is because it's the same [numerically] as a millibar. It is mostly the traditional metric countries that stick with hPa

[USMA:51508] Re: The SI prefix chart--know it, use it, thrive on it!

As said many times, metric is a language. Names of units and prefixes must be memorized. About twenty words for the non-technical person. That learning is the toghest problem with Americans - accepting foreign words. Why don't they use English, dumbos?! I found there is little need for the chart,

[USMA:51592] Re: Someone asked me the below question- any thoughts?

When the founders of the metric system thought about sizing the unit of mass, they decided to fix it on the quantity of water filling a certain metric volume. They selected the volume of 1 cm3; the mass of water it contained became the gram, symbol g. So it happens that 1 m3 contains 1 Mg of

[USMA:51596] Re: tonne--yeah, right

Paul: Cannot agree with you more. As you wrote about the experiences in your practice, calling unit sizes by different names is DANGEROUS. There are so many tons that using Mg should be the prime safety concern. Beside, citizens of every country understand (are taught) that using only one

[USMA:51661] Re: 2012 AP Stlyebook Available

I also would appreciate hearing if AP listened to this suggestion: *AP recommends in its Stylebook to spell out names of units and prefixes. I believe this practice is long obsolete as people encounter symbols of units and numbers daily, such as with grocery labeling or auto-parts packages.

[USMA:51732] Re: BMI

An earlier submission on the same topic. The BMI (Body Mass Index) is a metrication success story because, as far as I know, the values have existed in metric only. Yes, there were the feeble attempts to redefine BMI as *divide your weight in pounds times 705 by the height in inches squared* but

[USMA:52053] Re: Metric for Political Conservatives

And they were, if conservative implies republican. The modern metrication legislation took place under pres's. Ford (R) and Bush (R), as you know. The latter's Exec. Order, still stands. Also, the Ford's Metric Board was made impotent by members representing unions - unlikely a Republican bunch.

[USMA:52276] Re: Fw: Re: Fuel economy in the real world getting farther away from EPA estimates | cleveland.com

Value. Of course, once you reduce all data to km/MJ, problem solved. -- *From:* Stanislav Jakuba jakub...@gmail.com *To:* U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu *Cc:* U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu *Sent:* Mon, January 28, 2013 10:27:34 AM

[USMA:52328] RE: Spelling of Meter

*I cannot imagine a more useless discussion then this one. And it is taking place in a country that I thought was the bastion of practicality. One would think that intelligent people such as those promoting SI would find something more useful to do than arguing about this silliness for five

[USMA:52329] Re: Fw: Re: Fuel economy in the real world getting farther away from EPA estimates | cleveland.com

data to km/MJ, problem solved. -- *From:* Stanislav Jakuba jakub...@gmail.com *To:* U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu *Cc:* U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu *Sent:* Mon, January 28, 2013 10:27:34 AM *Subject:* [USMA:52272] Re: Fuel economy

[USMA:52663] Re: Goodbye BTU/h - Hello Watt!

Thanks for the report. Please notice your error in the spelling of SI unit names (James is Watt, the unit is watt). Concerning the unification topic, James Watt had suggested it centuries ago with the introduction of his horsepower. That unit did not, of course, fit a coherent system of units and

[USMA:52664] RE: The U.S. Isn't as Anti-metric as You Think

You write, John, that exercising how many nanometers in a kilometer just teaches children to hate the metric system. I cannot agree more. US teachers do not understand that metric is a linguistic, not mathematical task. The resistance to learning a foreign language among the US and British

[USMA:53017] Re: Si and Agriculture examples

Well said, Pierre. ! m is the length of my arm to my nose, one tenth of it is the width of my palm, etc, 100 m is the length of the 100 m dash that everybody runs or observes in schools and in athletic events, and 1 km was the distance from my house I used to cover walking or biking to my best

[USMA:53020] CNN metric?

*(CNN)* -- The superlatives in China continue -- the latest symbol of China's bigger is much, much better ethos is open for business. Located in Chengdu (population 14 million), capital of Sichuan province in southwestern China, the New Century Global Center is the largest freestanding building

[USMA:53342] RE: Presenting the metric system to the innumerate

to metric and round the values to get sensible metric values. Like the Chinese already do. *From:* Stanislav Jakuba jakub...@gmail.com *Sent:* Tuesday, 2013-10-15 18:40 *To:* Kilopascal kilopas...@cox.net *Cc:* U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu *Subject:* Re: [USMA:53326] RE

[USMA:53611] Re: [USMA-53604] US plans sweeping food label changes

Well said, Martin. Prompted by your writing, I searched for the comments I submitted to the very first label decades ago. So far no luck to locate it. I just remember objecting the confounded heading Calories where the logical, and SI, Energy should stand as it does in every country I surveyed, on

[USMA:53712] 2013 energy report

Dear Friends: Attached you will find a short report on some interesting numbers from the just published 2013 energy statistics. The report is short because I was unsuccessful to determine the money behind all that effort and am asking you for help instead. Any information is welcome. Stan.

[USMA:53804] ASTM

*The American Society for Testing of Materials, officially known as ASTM International, and best known as simply ASTM, is the one of the largest standards writing organization in the world. In the last issue of its STANDARDIZATION NEWS, a monthly magazine, there is an article Of SI and Standards

[USMA:54242] Re: FW: [Story Tips] units

It is nice John, that you promote SI. The energy unit in SI is the joule, however, as you undoubtedly know, not kWh in any of its forms including kWhs, KWH, kwh, etc. I suggest that, promoting SI, we do not waste our time on little silliness like the -s but let people know instead of the joule,

[USMA:54399] EIA I-P data

The attached statistics about ethanol may interest you. EIA to USMA.doc Description: MS-Word document

[USMA:54404] Re: [SI] EIA I-P data

dennisbrownri...@gmail.com wrote: I agree with Stan. The EIA's data are very poorly presented, a source of great frustration for those of us interested in energy. On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 8:07 AM, Stanislav Jakuba jakub...@gmail.com wrote: The attached statistics about ethanol may interest you.

[USMA:54477] Re: FW: Ask me anything about climate change

I have only one question: When did the climate stop changing? I was not aware that it did. On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 12:37 PM, John Altounji phy...@msn.com wrote: I tweeted the following, although, he will respond about climate change: As a scientist, can you do something about the confusing

[USMA:54479] EIA 2nd

*After sending the previous email it occurred to me that an example of the EIA table with the watt should be included for illustration.* *Stan Jakuba* z.doc Description: MS-Word document

[USMA:54482] Re: EIA 2nd

do you need? * *Stan J.* On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 6:21 PM, Stanislav Jakuba jakub...@gmail.com wrote: *Jim:* *Thanks for the compliment. The table comes from the Sigma Xi paper I wrote years ago, There are two of the tables, both at the very end. I retain the copyright, as you know, so feel

[USMA:54484] Re: EIA 2nd

-- James R. Frysinger 632 Stoney Point Mountain Road Doyle TN 38559-3030 (C) 931.212.0267 (H) 931.657.3107 (F) 931.657.3108 On 2014-11-25 21:15, Stanislav Jakuba wrote: *I forgot to explain that the production and consumption terminology is synonymous only with sources like wind

[USMA:54485] Electric cars

*A comparison of electric and gasoline cars with some numbers. Perhaps of interest. * *Stan Jakuba* Leaf Nissan.doc Description: MS-Word document

[USMA:54495] RE: Dyson

Mark, you might want to look at this attachment again, the second page. It list other such units. Sta Jjakuba On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 6:07 PM, John M. Steele jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I believe they are wrong; there is no metric BTU. In Customary, M is commonly used as the Roman

[USMA:54500] Units

*USMA members will, I hope, be pleased reading the answer to an editor who desired that American units be presented alongside the SI values in my manuscript. * *Dear * *I attempted the parenthesis you suggested but found the resulting complexity of the text disruptive and harder to read. And

[USMA:54511] Re: Units

Mechtly. On Dec 15, 2014, at 8:17 AM, Stanislav Jakuba jakub...@gmail.com wrote: *USMA members will, I hope, be pleased reading the answer to an editor who desired that American units be presented alongside the SI values in my manuscript. * *Dear * *I attempted the parenthesis you

[USMA:54555] Units and ASTM

*ASTM International*, known until 2001 as the *American Society for Testing and Materials* (*ASTM*), is an international standards organization http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standards_organization that develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards

[USMA:54595] Pure-SI article

*You will recall the controversy I had with an editor about the use of SI units in my manuscript. The reasoning for the units and against dual dimensioning went something like this:* *.*. As to converting the unfamiliar unit – the joule or MJ – the problem is that Americans use so many units

[USMA:54548] Metric BMI

Friends: In case there was among your New Year 2015 wishes to lose weight, and you think that the Body Mass Index (BMI) is a recent invention, you may be surprised that it was proposed already in 1835. In France by certain Mr. Quetelet, a distinguished scientist active in that by-gone era of

[USMA:54670] Re: Iowa State editorial

There is a rule, however, for sizes to be stepped in the Renard series of preferred numbers. Applies to m, Pa, W, m3, you name it. Nothing particular to metric. Just an ISO (metric) standard.. Stan Jakuba On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 10:05 PM, Carleton MacDonald carlet...@comcast.net wrote: An easy

[USMA:54735] Re: Paul Trusten Gets through to CNN

Let's not forget that it was Claiborne Pell, the senator from Chafee's Rhode Island, that was the strongest pro-metric force in the senate. Maybe Chafee inherited that enthusiasm and drive. He deserves our support even if it were only symbolic in the end. Stan J. On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 6:44 PM,

[USMA:54730] RE: An Opportunity for the USMA (or Chafee Could Do a Lot of Harm)

Concerning the math Ed, anyone promoting metrication should skip that word , because there is no math in SI. There is plenty of it in I-P but none in SI unless one includes numerals recognition as math. For example, saying kilo instead of thousand is not math, it is vocabulary. As is milli and

[USMA:54769] Re: labeling 1-liter bottles of Perrier

=BpxbfWo0gcPQHL0R58p0D96tVlz Zl sjR_iWGK6ETi80m=sOg077__2SoziT2D6rMe_Mp9fMHkenze5ohZNL-PNiAs=MlvlrexBixw B4 ACIZZVyfjuQbaDnIibsAVbRxzccDAke=. Martin From: owner-u...@colostate.edumailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Stanislav Jakuba Sent: 02 July 2015 00:03

[USMA:54783] Addendum

Thanks to all who commented on my previous writing. It seems I should have clarified the term pure SI. Before I do that, let me stress that SI a coherent system. That makes it distinct from all previous, metric or medieval or earlier systems. It is a dream come true to all who deal with

[USMA:54762] Re: labeling 1-liter bottles of Perrier

Paul: The European bottles-filling plant had never seen L as symbol for dm3. Always the l (lower case el). You might have a better success with that. On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 2:13 PM, mechtly, eugene a mech...@illinois.edu wrote: Paul, Let us know when Perrier labels one liter bottles as 1 L.

[USMA:54909] Save a Tree?

Winter brings snow storms. That is inevitable, normal and mostly harmless except when a power outage occurs. Where I live, the outage is usually caused by trees leaning on power lines. The attachment, published in several papers under different titles, is addressing the validity of the "save a

[USMA 81] Re: Fwd: SI units

That fits nicely with my observations made a few years ago. See attached. Stan Jakuba On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 4:57 PM, Michael Payne wrote: > Interesting web site I came across today, has all SI units and appears to > originate out of Australia. Specifically using

[USMA 82] Re: El. and gas cars comparison

eft the data to accumulate for over 1200 km. Now > I’ve decided that I’ll write down the data and reset the computer on the > 1st of every month, this will give me the average energy used per 100 km > and also the total energy used per month in a logbook, including energy to > heat and cool the car in

[USMA 74] Re: El. and gas cars comparison

iod during which we charge our Leaf. Since we get > about 7 km/kW.h in the summer (less in extremely cold snaps in Minnesota), > that equates to less than a half a cent per kilometer -- untouchable by a > gas-fired vehicle. > > John > > > At 10:18 2016-01-27, Stanislav Jakuba w

[USMA 127] Charts

Gene: Before I get to making my charts and comments, you and our members should see these beauties generously shared with everybody by Prof. Dennis Brownridge recently. Maybe you did not see them yet. Let me know what you think. Stan Dennis Brownridge, U.S. Energy Sources (charts 1-8)

[USMA 158] Re: Renewables, cont.

able as a matter of preference. > > Eugene Mechtly. > > On Mar 29, 2016, at 5:23 PM, Howard Small <howard.p...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Why does the graph say GW instead of GWH? > > Howard > > > > On Mar 29, 2016, at 2:17 PM, Stanislav Jakuba <jakub...@gmai

[USMA 161] Re: Renewables, cont.

the difficulty of making comparisons is reduced. *Unnecessarily many* > possibilities are avoided. > Fewer comparison errors are likely. > > Gene. > On Apr 9, 2016, at 4:13 PM, Stanislav Jakuba <jakub...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Here are reasons for the preference: > >

[USMA 130] Re: Charts

large the Charts. > My eyes can no longer magnify the fine print. > > How was the skiing in the Alps? Where did you ski; France, Germany, > Austria, Switzerland, Italy? > > Gene. > > On Mar 18, 2016, at 10:02 AM, Stanislav Jakuba <jakub...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Gene: &

[USMA 126] Re: Renewable Energy Status in the USA

everywhere in the world, then and now! > > Gene Mechtly > > On Mar 5, 2016, at 9:25 AM, Stanislav Jakuba <jakub...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sure. Gladly. But it takes a bit of time and I am just checking e-mails > before noon departure for some skiing in the Alps. Packin

[USMA 113] Re: Renewable Energy Status in the USA

ech...@illinois.edu> wrote: > Stan, > > Can you give us the similar graphs for coal and gas generation of > electricity? > > Eugene Mechtly > > On Mar 3, 2016, at 3:13 PM, Stanislav Jakuba <jakub...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Friends: > Attached are the updated

[USMA 171] Re: Fwd: Too much time in the sun?

Bravo Jim. I often wonder what is is taught in Junior High that this power/energy issue is such a mystery to most? Stan On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 7:26 PM, James wrote: > Sent just a few minutes ago... > > Jim Frysinger > > > Forwarded Message > Subject:

[USMA 284] wrong e-mail address

I have received only a handful of USMA emails this year. Today, however, I happened to open the long neglects address [ jak...@snet.net ], and saw lots of USMA emails there. Please eliminate the "snet" address and use only this "gmail" one. Stan Jakuba jakub...@gmail.com

[USMA 286] Puzzled

*Below is a quote from a scientific paper about measurements of energy in an average lighting strike. My question: What's* MJ/m? Stan "The energy released by lightning is measured in megajoules, also expressed as MJ/m." “For example a single megajoule is equivalent to about 200 food calories, or

[USMA 249] Re: How common are kitchen scales?

As if US units were not complicated enough, you might appreciate knowing about the mess with with the kitchen and laboratory ounces. With U.S. kitchen measures, 1 ounce says 30 mL and 8 ounces says 240 mL on a measuring cup, That's the conversion factor according to FDA. For laboratory work,

[USMA 250] Re: From Queen Elizabeth

viation for miles on some > signs and if the distance is 1/4, 1/3 or 1/2 mile. > > -- > C. > > On 12 July 2016 at 01:27, Stanislav Jakuba <jakub...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> You answered my question. When I was there last (a long time ago) the >> distances wer

[USMA 272] SAE more metric

Old-timers will remember that several decades ago there was yet another push for metrication. At that time, the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), among others, switched to publishing its flagship AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING magazine in metric units. I am purposely not saying SI, because old metric

[USMA 224] Re: From Queen Elizabeth

You answered my question. When I was there last (a long time ago) the distances were in miles, but the speed limits were in km/h. Without the km/h shown. As a passenger in a car, I was really scared of the speed until the driver explained this state of affairs. I was like this apparently for years

[USMA 290] Re: Puzzled

fit all. > Social promotion ruined Education. > > *http://bit.do/tounj <http://bit.do/tounj>* > > > > *From:* Aubrecht, Gordon [mailto:aubrech...@osu.edu] > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 3, 2016 3:20 PM > *To:* John Altounji <phy...@msn.com> > *Cc:* Stanisl

[USMA 291] Re: Puzzled

rticularly governmental as has been the case here. Stan On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 11:57 AM, Bill Hooper <billhoope...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On my iPad from Cypress Village, Jacksonville, FL > > On Aug 5, 2016, at 12:08 PM, Stanislav Jakuba <jakub...@gmail.com> wrote: >

[USMA 294] Re: Puzzled

t very straight and the > usefulness of this measure in this situation isn't very apparent to me. > However, I can think of cases where it is very useful, long, straight > wires, lighting, etc. > > > ------ > *From:* Stanislav Jakuba <jakub...@gmail.com> > *

[USMA 293] J/m

Ooops, that was a dumb writing. Here is my own table with that units. Sorry. Stan *J/m* *persons* *J/(m·person)* *Car (5 pass’r)* *3 200* *1* *3200* *2* *1600* *4* *800* *School bus* *13 000* *20* *650* *Airliner* *550 000* *500* *1100* *Energy in Transportation:

[USMA 215] Units

My letter to a newsletter author/publisher: I enjoy reading your articles, particularly when they cover energy topics. One thing that would make them easier to read and compare numbers would be the use one unit only when energy per time if of concern. Here are three examples of monetary values

[USMA 315] Units mixup

Too bad we cannot estimate the cost of not being metric that includes also the money and trouble spent on fixing errors caused by unit mix-ups. Quote: The researchers originally reported that a set of 14 PAHs had total concentrations of 330, 240, and 210 ng/m3 for the three groups, respectively.