>Dear All:
Well teaching metric to 260 students in the College of Architecture is interesting at TAMU. I have watched the US go metric slowly over the last 20 years. I finally knew it was a winner when I observed that one can not buy Jack Daniels in anything but metric. ASTM are just about to take all reo metric. Let me see: How many of you know the unit called the barley corn. It is a Imperial unit and the last time I saw it published was in an engineering text written in about 1996. Anyway back to work. John Nichols BE, Ph.D. (Newcastle), MIE (Aust) Assistant Professor Texas A&M University Department of Construction Science Langford AC Rm: A414 MD 3137 College Station, TX 77843-3137 Electronic mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Telephone: 979 845 6541 Facsimile: 979 862 1572 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Magna res est vocis et silentii temperamentum The greatest thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet Seneca the Younger (attributed) -----------------------------------------------------------------
