2002-12-07 I wonder if this one of those cases where the Engineering department designs and the factory builds a metric part, but when the marketing department gets a hold of the data they FFU-ify it. The graph so they left it as it was because there was no simple way to modify it or the.
Companies that have no official metric policy will experience nonsense like this. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Nichols" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 2002-12-07 23:01 Subject: [USMA:23834] Re: Mixed Units > One of the Worlds biggest testing machine companies > At 07:19 PM 07-12-2002, you wrote: > >2002-12-07 > > > >Wow! What an ad! The graph shows force in newtons and displacement in > >millimetres; the write up uses pounds and inches per minute. What lunacy is > >responsible for this? > > > >John > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "John Nichols" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Saturday, 2002-12-07 18:59 > >Subject: [USMA:23829] Mixed Units > > > > > > > http://www.instron.com/download/literature/AR_egg_test.PDF > > > > > > John Nichols BE, Ph.D. (Newcastle), MIE (Aust), Chartered Professional > > > Engineer > > > 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 > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > a fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi > > > > > > in front a precipice, behind a wolf > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > John Nichols BE, Ph.D. (Newcastle), MIE (Aust), Chartered Professional > Engineer > 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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > a fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi > > in front a precipice, behind a wolf > ----------------------------------------------------------------- >
