.....The metre was originally defined as a fraction of the Earth's circumference, so that through the poles the circumference is exactly 40,000 km,.....I attempted to re-define Metre to arrive at a definition of Nautical Kilometre via my contribution: The Metric Second (1973 April) published though Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi. Much water has since flowed down the stream. I am now reconciled that NOTHING need be drastically changed EXCEPT the face of *clock to read dual time scale - the conventional and the METRE related decimal. using 24x100x100 divisions additional to 24x60x60; OR simply by multiplying the position of minute hand with (5/3 or 1.6667) to minutes after the HOUR.
Consider the following, DEFINITION:
"Metre New (m') is the distance represented by 1/10^5 th of ONE degree of arc-angle formed on Earth curvature (mean Radius 6371 km); and is traversed by light, in vacuum, during the time interval 1/8508060428305832.657512TH of the atomic Year AD 2000 or equivalent to 1/97059575.22TH of the decimal second.This works to 1.11194886884 times the METRE, m".
Also visit: http://the-light.com/cal/bbv_m::-astrounits.doc
This has been discussed at length at USMA listserv: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> during 2002-2003. This shall give the Earth circumference of 36000 kilometre New (Km'). It is the merger of HOUR-Angle of 15-degree; each degree of 100x100 units (arc-Seconds) as also ONE hour x100x100 decimal minutes. 90-degree quadrant and trigonometric functions remain intact and NO extra cost for changeover is expected EXCEPT for the teaching aids.
Regards,
Brij Bhushan Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: David King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [USMA:30698] Civilization One Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:06:47 +0100
"Using known and accepted archaeological examples as their guide, the authors realized that the Metric system, supposedly created in the ‘age of reason’ at the end of the 18th century, is actually many thousands of years old. What is more, in its original form, the Metric system also shows a stunning grasp by its instigators of our planet and the part it plays in the solar system."
I would like to know about this, about the true origins of metric, I think we all would, perhaps the book explains it and maybe someone might be able to find out what it says. The metre was originally defined as a fraction of the Earth's circumference, so that through the poles the circumference is exactly 40,000 km, although when the French scientists devised the metre they were out by a tiny fraction.
If the metric system is really so old, then there is no excuse by imperialists to not accept it on the grounds of it being a man-made modern invention.
David King
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