Brij: I think you've missed the point.
It's a special-purpose ruler and, much as I dislike the absence of metric units on it, it has a valid legacy purpose (or, at least, some parts of it do). I'll wait until tomorrow for someone to get it right. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Brij Bhushan Vij >Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 22:24 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:28284] New Metre RE: RE: question > > >Bill, sir: >This is an FFU Ruler but has the *mm facility to read Metric length units; >the 1/8th, 1/16th & 1/32th markers speak of the SOOT measure - that I >referred in my previous mails that make 8, 16, 32 to ONE Inch. The 1/10th >markers show 10 marks to the Inch*. >This is sort of old Foot Rule that I used in my engineering drawing during >late fifties/early sixtits, while India was in the process of >converting to >SI. If such scales be allowed to student community in US today; >rest assured >USA cannot GO METRIC in the next 100 years. I say this on the >basis since US >were among the 'first signatories' to Metre Convention BUT is still >struggling to get out of its grip. >REMOVE INCHES and adopt METRE New (m'): '1/10^5th of ONE degree' >and define >Nautical Kilometre as bonus. > >Brij Bhushan Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >20040113/11:91(decimal) AM(IST) >Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda. > *****The New Calendar Rhyme***** >Thirty days in July, September: >April, June, November, December; >All the rest have thirty-one; accepting February alone: >Which hath but twenty-nine, to be (in) fine; >Till leap year gives the whole week READY: >Is it not time to MODIFY or change to make it perennial, Oh Daddy! > >And make the calendar work with Leap Week Rule! >***** ***** ***** ***** >>From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: [USMA:28282] RE: question >>Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 21:52:07 -0800 >> >>That's a very broad question, because there are so many kinds of rulers. >> >>I have a Canadian steel ruler from the early 1970s with two scales on each >>of two sides. On one side, one edge is graduated in 5/32" units, with the >>other edge in inches, subdivided into 1/6 and 1/12. The inches themselves >>have two markings -- 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. and 6, 12, 18, 24, etc. >> >>On the other side, one edge has inches in 1/10, with each 1/10 >individually >>marked from 1 to 150. The other edge has inches with 1/4", 1/8", 1/16" and >>1/32" subdivisions. The inches themselves are marked 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. and >>150, 300, 450, 600, etc. >> >>The ruler has other features I won't mention yet. >> >>I want to see who can guess what kind of ruler it is, what some of the >>numbers mean, and what the other features might be. One clue is that, in >>spite of having no metric units whatever on it, it is still useful and the >>units (and features) still have a valid purpose. >> >>Think "legacy systems." >>Bill Potts, CMS >>Roseville, CA >>http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Behalf >>Of john mercer >> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 20:59 >> To: U.S. Metric Association >> Subject: [USMA:28279] question >> >> >> I forgot to ask this question in my last posting. Does anyone know how >>long rulers have been double sided in the States? They have been double >>sided in Canada for many years. Doreen was teling me that when she was in >>grade school in the fifty's she remembers rulers with cm as well >as inches. >>Thanks. > >_________________________________________________________________ >Send DD, pay no commission. >http://server1.msn.co.in/msnleads/suvidha/dec03.asp?type=hottag Click here. >
