If "miles" were "most ancient and precious possession", then the old Roman numerals like I - 1 V - 5 X - 10 are also precious, do they want to go back to those numerals. By the way, do the schools in Europe teach these numerals still.
Madan --- Stephen Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Reply-to: "Stephen Davis" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: "Stephen Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [USMA:18612] Even astrologers are at it > now!! > Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 23:42:33 -0000 > > This, quite bizarrely, was in the astrology column > of the Daily Mirror!! It was written by a certain > John Michell: > > It is a tragedy to lose something, or someone, and > only then realise how much you valued them. > > It happens all the time in love. And it is > happening now, as we are forced to part company with > our most ancient and precious possession - our units > of measure, the foot, mile, acre, and so on. > > It is now known that our present British units were > the standards behind all other measures in the > ancient world. > > For example, 24 British miles equals 25 of the > classical Greek miles. > > This gives you the exact value of the Greek mile and > of its 5,000th part-the Greek foot-by which the > Parthenon was built. > > All these traditional units-Roman, Egyptian, > Sumerian and others-are related to each other by > simple ratios. It was all one system, universally. > Even across the Atlantic, the Mexican pyramids were > designed by the same units of measure as those of > Egypt. > > The ancient units were fractions of the Earth's > dimensions. One standard was its mean > circumference, which was equal to a tenth part of 12 > x 12 x 12 x 12 x 12 English miles. When the French > tried to measure the Earth in order to establish > their metre, they got it wrong - and their system is > based on error. > > There is nothing political about this. (hmmmm) It > plays no serious part in the debate over Europe and > the euro. It's just that our units are sacred in > origin. > > They measure the universe and the human body by the > same standard, whereas the metre has no natural > meaning. That is why we traditionalists say, "Stand > up for the foot!" > > A vigorous campaign to preserve our measures is run > by Vivian Lineacre of the British Weights and > Measures Association. > > A year's membership of the association (including > subscription to the Journal) is �10 to BWMA, 45 > Montgomery Street, Edinburgh, EH7 5JX. > > Regards, > > Steve. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/
