Tom Wade wrote in USMA 17518 regarding the euro:

>Only Ireland, France & Denmark
>allowed its people a say in this very fundamental change (an issue which is far
>more important than weights & measures).


That is a matter of taste.  Business men and scientists would differ in
their evaluations.  The two fields are incommeasurate.  Both involve
aritmetic: currency is intangible and is involved with the exchange of
goods, while measures permeate the sciences and influence the design of
physical objects that endure a long time.

Joseph B.Reid
17 Glebe Road West
Toronto  M5P 1C8             TEL. 416-486-6071

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