Interesting time line, but I admit I did not read every entry. I am curious though why you call it a metric time line since most of the pre history is not really metric related at all. You refer to old measurements as about xx mm and about xx kg but you could do that about any measurement system in comparison. I think it might be better to just call it a world history of measurement vs. a metric time line. Just my 2 cents.
Howard Ressel Project Design Engineer, Region 4 (585) 272-3372 >>> Pat Naughtin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/20/06 11:23 PM >>> On 21/01/06 8:33 AM, "Philip S Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cardarelli; Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures; > Springer-Verlag, London 2003. Dear Philip, Thank you for the reference to Cardarelli. You¹ve stirred my stumps. I have for a long time been planning on adding a *Metrication timeline¹ to my web page. I have now done so, using some of Cardarelli¹s material. You can find my chronology of metrication at http://metricationmatters.com/articles if you scroll down to *Metrication timeline¹. However, be warned, it is a long document. I began in 5000 BCE and moved quietly along to 2006. I would appreciate any comments on the *Metrication timeline¹ that you care to make, especially suggestions for improvements. Cheers and thanks again for the reference (and the stumps stirring), Pat Naughtin PO Box 305, Belmont, Geelong, Australia Phone 61 3 5241 2008 Pat Naughtin is the editor of the free online monthly newsletter, 'Metrication matters'. You can subscribe by going to http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter Pat is the editor of the 'Numbers and measurement' chapter of the Australian Government Publishing Service 'Style manual - for writers, editors and printers'. He is a Member of the National Speakers Association of Australia and the International Federation of Professional Speakers. He is also recognised as a Lifetime Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist (LCAMS) with the United States Metric Association. For more information go to: http://metricationmatters.com This email and its attachments are for the sole use of the addressee and may contain information that is confidential and/or legally privileged. This email and its attachments are subject to copyright and should not be partly or wholly reproduced without the consent of the copyright owner. Any unauthorised use of disclosure of this email or its attachments is prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please immediately delete it from your system and notify the sender by return email. --
