Wasn't fahrenheit an Austrian?
From: David King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:33125] Re: Tempest in a teapot
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 15:08:22 +0100
BWMA do not hate foreign units, because just about all of the Imperial
units are from foreign countries. None of the main ones in use originated
in the UK, although they may have been redefined in the UK during the 20th
century to make them different to the original.
e.g. Mile came from ancient Rome, Fahrenheit from Germany, pint from
France, etc.
David King
Buy UKMA's report "A Very British Mess" ISBN 0750310146
http://bookmark.iop.org/bookpge.htm?&isbn=0750310146
Avoid confusion with conversion, just learn to think metric!
http://www.thinkmetric.org.uk
----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Humphreys"
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To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 5:40 AM
Subject: [USMA:33100] Re: French foot
With respect - the BWMA don't *hate* foreign units. They just want to
see
parity, and to preserve imperial.
