ifp = inch/foot/pound
----- Original Message ----- From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 3:55 PM Subject: [USMA:20016] Re: Some of you might find this interesting > 2002-05-12 > > When you use the term "ifp", what version of ifp are you referring to? > There is no standard ifp, there are many versions. If you are going to use > this term, can you be more specific as to which version you are referring > to? We want to be precise. > > John > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, 2002-05-11 09:02 > Subject: [USMA:20007] Re: Some of you might find this interesting > > > > The authors of the 18th century's pre-revolutionary Encyclopedie (Diderot > > cs) also covered weights and measures and they did not know how things > would > > develop in the future. They hoped for unification. But I saw some tables > of > > length and weight in the Encyclopedie and they used British units as > > standard. This was understandable and justified as British units in the > > pre-metric era were the closest approach to a standardized system. Don't > let > > the BWMA know that! They will use what was justified then as propaganda > for > > today's issues. And the Cousteau's who speak ifp in heavily accented > English > > in their films - I saw one of their films recently for a time, then I > > switched off with disgust - and the idiots from Maporama can not derive > any > > justification for their lunacy from the choice the Encyclopedists made. > The > > latter were right, the former are bootlickers without a shred of self > > respect in their bodies, the fifth column. > > What do NLG and Cousteau's films also have in common? The NLG magazine > and > > Cousteau's films are beautiful. However, I have been seeing more metric > > programs on NLG television for some time. > > > > Han > > Historian of Dutch Metrication, Nijmegen, The Netherlands > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 12:38 AM > > Subject: [USMA:19993] Re: Some of you might find this interesting > > > > > > > 2002-05-09 > > > > > > As wonderful as this seems to us as a good reason to adopt SI, it will > > have no affect on the followers of the BWMA. The BWMA will argue that the > > British units are the true form, dating back almost uncorrupted to the > time > > of Adam and Eve. They will claim that they have had a standard set of > > weights and measures dating to the time of the Magna Charta, where there > was > > only one set of measures and not the mess you see below. > > > > > > You have read in Tony Bennett's article the sour attitude his kind > > processes regarding the events in France in the 1790's. I'm sure Bennett > > and the rest of the BWMA would remark that the French should have adopted > > the British > > units or at least set their livres, etc. to equal those of the British. > > > Designing a new system that would conquer the world and displace the > > establish British units is considered an unforgivable evil in their minds. > > > > > > This is their Armageddon and they are going to make the most of it. Be > > prepared to fight a harsh battle! > > > > > > > > > John > > > > >
