You could write on the head of a pin the amount of metric road and building
design outside the US government in the US and have room left over for a
good long gospel.

John M. Nichols
Assistant Professor
Room A414 Langford AC  MS 3137
Department of Construction Science
College of Architecture
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas 77843-3137
 
Phone: (979) 845 6541
Fax:     (979) 862 1572
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Pierre Abbat
Sent: Monday, 28 February 2005 9:08 AM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:32303] Re: FW: RE: Gaining ground

On Monday 28 February 2005 09:33, John Nichols wrote:
> Correction:
>
> If we call engineering a science then civil engineering is the last hold
> out.  It is all imperial.

I looked at the descriptions of civil engineering and surveying tests. 
Engineering tests are in both SI and wombat; surveying tests are only in 
wombat. And I'm having a hard time convincing my boss to go metric even 
though he's been in Belarus.

phma
-- 
li ze te'a ci vu'u ci bi'e te'a mu du
li ci su'i ze te'a mu bi'e vu'u ci

Reply via email to