on 4/4/2002 6:12 PM, kilopascal at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > We do this > by government laws that require only metric measuring devices be made and > certified.
John makes a good point. As a start, is it possible that we could persuade the powers that be to require that all (that is *ALL*) measuring devices sold in the US after a date certain would be required to have metric scales or readouts; that, for the time being, they could also have Olde English scales or readouts, too, but that it must be equally easy to read either one (by having dual scales or switchable readouts). Of course, in the first few years of such a law, (1) few new measuring devices would be bought (compared the the vast number already in use), and (2) most people woudl still be using the old ones, BUT ... at least metric measuring devices would gradually get into the hands of all, eventually, so that when the opportunity or necessity arises to use metric they would have the tools at hand to do so. And those of us who wish to use metric even now would not be forced to scavange for devices with metric readouts. As long as pound scales and inch rulers abound and continue to be made, FFU will never be replaced by SI, even if every product is labelled solely in SI. Regards, Bill Hooper physics professor (retired), Florida, USA ======================== Keep It Simple - Make It Metric! ========================
