-----Original Message----- From: Info Intrav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Duncan Bath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: March 11, 2002 14:18 Subject: RE: Modern Measures
>Thank you for your e-mail. Approximately 90% of our passengers are from >the United States, where this is the common unit of measurement. We do >provide a link to a measurement converter on our site at >http://www.intrav.com/index.asp?Navigation=news/nav.asp&Content=news/links. a >sp > which we hope will be useful for those who do not normally use these >units of measure. > >We sincerely appreciate your comments and understand your reasoning. Thank >you for your interest in Intrav. > >Cordially, > >Linda Hall >Intrav/Clipper Cruise Line > >-----Original Message----- >From: Duncan Bath [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 11:03 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Fw: [USMA:18661] Modern Measures > >-----Original Message----- >From: Duncan Bath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: March 10, 2002 11:22 >Subject: [USMA:18661] Modern Measures > >I have just received an INTRAV travel brochure entitled "Ancient Treasures >of China and the Yangtze River" (via the University of Alberta). > >I was astonished to note that numerical information was given in >old-fashioned feet, acres, miles etc. This despite the fact that 95% of the >world's population uses SI measures. Just to give a 'flavor' of the >contrasts in the two ways of 'doing numbers', please see a comparison of >"700-acre" [Pg. 2] and 285-hectare. > > Sq.ft. Acres Sq.mi. >30,492,000 700 1.09 > > m^2 hm^2 (ha) km^2 >2,850,000 285 2.85 > >It can be seen that the customary way involves a mismatched mixture of >units. >The SI way has an obvious harmony inherent in it. >In China, they do it the SI way. >Why not emphasize the lure of far away places by using their measures >rather than pretending that 'everyone' uses feet, acres, miles etc.? >Duncan >DT Bath, 861 Kensington Dr., Peterborough ON K9J 6J8 >(705)743-4297 > >
