Hi Joe, Mr Ronald and All: It unfortunate, Joseph sir, that I could not meet you during my visit to Niagara/Toronto during the 4th July week end, when I visited Niagara and NCTower. I did leave a message on your answering machine, but we could not make it to your place, due to insufficient time with my family and children. This is perhaps the first information that some one is really interested in Metrication of TIME. To construct a clock or rework the entire 'theory' I find no difficulty myself. In this connection I suggest, some one seriously looked at my BASIC writeup: The Metric Secons that was published by Indian Standrads Bulletin; V25 N4; 1974 April(acopy of which should be available in any library). A 1000 divisions to the clock face would mean 10x100 minutes to the day or night ie 20 hour to the day change. This would also mean 400-degree to the circle or 'grads' but the difficulty as the author now proposes would be the trigonometric functions and their application. This spade-work had been presented in my article mentioned. I wonder if my book TOWARDS A UNIFIED TECHNOLOGY is still lying in the US Congress Library. International community was somehow non-respondant, because of the difficulties foreseen. Since 1990's, I have been revising my works and urge a glance at the few write-ups: 1.Metric, Sidereal or Decimal Calendar; Standards Engineer, New Delhi; V26 N2-5; pp. 44-47; 1992 April � 1993 March; Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi 2. Need to Revise Length Unit for Decimalisation of the Hour in Relation to Angular Degree and World Decimal Calendar with Leap Weeks; Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Metrology and its Role in Quality Improvement and Global Trade; Document No. 78; pp. 408-11; National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi; 1996 February 20-22. 116 Relevance of the Metre in Indus Civilisation when Linked with Times Unit and Calendar Reform with Leap Weeks; Proceedings of 2nd Internat- ional Conference on Metrology, Quality and Global Trade (MQGT-�99); pp.257 � 264; National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi; 1999 February 24-26 3. Decimale Calendar: Measuring Year by the Weeks and Decimalised Hour of the Day; Proceedings of International Conference on Current Trends in TIME & FREQUENCY (ICTF); Document # 44; pp. 363 � 371; National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi; 2001 February 6-7. 4. Shelving Mile in Favour of Nautical Kilometre; Proceedings of International Conference on Current Trends in Metrology in Global Trade (MMGT - 2001); Document # **; pp.** ; National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi; 2001 February 4-8. It shall give me pleasure to see the 'resistance of technical grounds' rather off-track mentions that the ideas presented mean nothing and foolhardy. BRIJ BHUSHAN VIJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2108 Henry Court, MAHWAH ,NJ, 07430-3805 Tele: +1(201)684-0191/6696 (care MUNISHS VIJ)
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joseph B. Reid) >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [USMA:20925] Re: AAT ICAS metric-time initiative >Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 15:33:56 -0400 > >Wizard of OZ wrote in USMA 20910: > > >sorry, but this idea is far far away from being good, it is too >complicated > > > >a good system must be quickly perceptable! > >it is worse than that. The AAT proposes a day of 1000 chron with 20 time >zones around the world. The second is involved in 69% of the units listed >in "The International System os Units". The chron would involve changing >all these units and the instruments used for measuring them. To fit with >20 time zones the measurement of angles would also need to be changed. > >The BIPM will not even consider changing the *name* of the kilogram, which >is the only SI base unit that has a prefix in its name. > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Alliance for the Advancement of Technology (AAT)" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 5:57 PM > >Subject: [USMA:20908] AAT ICAS metric-time initiative > > > > > >> Hello all, > >> > >> I have recently subscribed for information about > >> metrication. I am interested in strategies for > >> presenting uses of metric measures. > >> > >> The nonprofit Alliance for the Advancement of Technology > >> (AAT) is pursuing development of a metric-time standard, > >> the Integrated Chronological Applications System (ICAS), > >> and has explored certain strategies of presentation > >> in the current version 6.02. > >> > >> Along the way a number of technical issues have also > >> been considered, however certain standards issues > >> also remain. > >> > >> AAT ICAS in Brief version 6.02 is available in both HTML > >> and PDF versions from AAT ICAS Itinica on the > >> aatideas web at http://www.aatideas.org/itinica via Internet. > >> > >> Until later, > >> > >> Ron > >> -- > >> Ronald L. Stone, programs manager > >> Alliance for the Advancement of Technology (AAT) > >> > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> http://www.aatideas.org > >> > >> AAT > >> PO Box 141155 > >> Mpls., MN 55414-1155 > >> USA > >> > > > >Joseph B.Reid >17 Glebe Road West >Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071 _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
