[USMA:32695] Divisibility (was UK Public Servant)

[Bill Potts]

Of course, people who want easy divisibility by a number of the integer factors that are common in the world of yards, feet and inches can simply design or specify stuff (e.g., sheets of plywood, sheetrock, etc.) on the basis of a 1200 mm module.   Even with SI, one has to think outside the box sometimes. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Phil Chernack Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 14:56 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:32694] Re: UK Public Servant Unless I need precision, I think of an inch as 25 mm, a foot as 30 cm, translate a yard to a meter and think of a mile as 1600 m.  For weight, � lb is 125 g, � lb is 250 g, etc.  Volume, a cup is 240 to 250 ml and a pint becomes 500 ml (or � liter in colloquial terms).   Interestingly, when thinking of a mile as 1600 m, it gives the nice divisible numbers (400, 800, 1200) for �, � and � mile that you don�t get with dividing 5280 feet.  Isn�t that one of the arguments about why numbers like 12 inches and 16 oz are supposed to be much easier? J   Phil