Thanks Brij, I will study this later,
Cheers, Pat Naughtin On 27/01/06 8:19 AM, "Brij Bhushan Vij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pat: >>> Could you please direct me to where I can find copies of the articles: > Metre is 5000 Year Old (PTI News); The Statesman (& others), New Delhi; > 1974 March 18, was a Press Trust of India's News Release, from New Delhi. > Attaching the document on my 'Investigative report' released in the > Commemoration Volume on Sir Mortimer Wheeler (1984). > Hope this meets the need. > Regards, > Brij Bhushan Vij > (Tuesday, Kali 5106-W41-02)/D-026 (Thursday, 2006 January 26H16:31(decimal) > ET > Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda > Jan:31; Feb:29; Mar:31; Apr:30; May:31; Jun:30 > Jul:30; Aug:31; Sep:30; Oct:31; Nov:30; Dec:30 > (365th day of Year is World Day) > ******As per Kali V-GRhymeCalendar****** > 2108 Henry Court, MAHWAH NJ 07430 (USA) > Telephone: +001(201)684-0191 > > >> From: Pat Naughtin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: Brij Bhushan Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"U.S. Metric Association" >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [USMA:35834] Re: Indus Metre RE: Re: History of imperial since >> 1824 >> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 10:10:48 +1100 >> >> Dear Brij, >> >> Could you please direct me to where I can find copies of the articles: >> >> * Metre is 5000 Year Old (PTI News); The Statesman (& others), New Delhi; >> 1974 March 18 >> >> * Linear Standard in the Indus Civilisation: FRONTIERS OF THE INDUS >> CIVILISATION (Sir Mortimer Wheeler Commemoration Volume 1984); >> Indian Archaeological Society; Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi; >> Doc # 16; pp 153-156. >> >> Cheers and thank you, >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Pat Naughtin >> PO Box 305 Belmont 3216 >> Geelong, Australia >> 61 3 5241 2008 >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://www.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. >> >> >> >> On 26/01/06 4:29 AM, "Brij Bhushan Vij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Pat. >>> My investigation took me to re-examine 'evidence in the form of Indus >> Inch' >>> that led me to establish *Metre and Metric System were over 5000-years >> old*. >>> My concern had been since there has been 'infringements upon my >> COPYRIGHTED >>> works' without according me due credit. I quote: >>> *Metre is 5000  Year Old (PTI News); The Statesman (& others), >> New >>> Delhi; 1974 March 18 >>> *Linear Standard in the Indus Civilisation: FRONTIERS OF THE INDUS >>> CIVILISATION (Sir >>> Mortimer Wheeler Commemoration Volume 1984); Indian >> Archaeological >>> Society; >>> Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi; Doc # 16; pp 153-156. >>> This is up dating John Hynes site & Swatch Watch company, for needful >>> corrective measure. >>> Brij Bhushan Vij >>> (Monday, Kali 5106-W41-01)/D-025 (Wednesday, 2006 January >> 25H12:49(decimal) >>> ET >>> Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda >>> Jan:31; Feb:29; Mar:31; Apr:30; May:31; Jun:30 >>> Jul:30; Aug:31; Sep:30; Oct:31; Nov:30; Dec:30 >>> (365th day of Year is World Day) >>> ******As per Kali V-GRhymeCalendar****** >>> 2108 Henry Court, MAHWAH NJ 07430 (USA) >>> Telephone: +001(201)684-0191 >>> >>> >>>> From: Pat Naughtin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: [USMA:35834] Re: Indus Metre RE: Re: History of imperial since >>>> 1824 >>>> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 15:44:42 +1100 >>>> >>>> On 25/01/06 1:44 PM, "Brij Bhushan Vij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Sirs: >>>>>> .....some of the issues that have been tried over the last 5000 >> years. >>>>> AND sadly, no mention is ever made to India's contribution of Time & >>>> Length >>>>> Measure matching *the Metric System - via the METRE* used then, that >>>> dates >>>>> back to Harappan/Mohenjo-Daro times via the excavations done by Sir >>>> Mortimer >>>>> Wheeler's measurements and the work done by Daya Ram Sawhney - his >>>>> surveyor-secretary, I assume. >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Brij Bhushan Vij >>>> >>>> Dear Brij, >>>> >>>> In writing 'Metrication timeline', at >>>> http://metricationmatters.com/articles I had no intention of writing >> about >>>> any time unit other than the second. As you and I both know, the second >> is >>>> the only unit for measuring time within The International System of >> Units >>>> (SI) and it was the only unit of time in previous metric systems. >>>> >>>> The issues of measuring time for personal and commercial reasons is a >>>> parallel issue to that of all other measuring. These issues are not >> now, >>>> and >>>> they has never been, part of the metric system. >>>> >>>> The 1795 definition of the metre based on the quadrant does not refer >> to >>>> time in any way. It refers only to a single quantity of plane angle (a >>>> right >>>> angle) and a length of 10 000 000 metres. >>>> >>>> How the quantity of a quadrant was realised in terms of degrees, >> minutes, >>>> seconds, radians, or whatever is immaterial. But none of these have any >>>> direct connection with the measurement of time. >>>> >>>> The measurement of time has its own history and dare I say it its >> own >>>> timeline. >>>> >>>> I simply do not see that minutes, hours, days, weeks, fortnights, >> months, >>>> years, and centuries have anything to do with the metric system or with >> SI, >>>> although I recognise that many very capable people have spent large >>>> proportions of their lives trying to devise methods to coordinate these >>>> time >>>> measures and the many conversion factors between them. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Pat Naughtin >>>> PO Box 305 Belmont 3216 >>>> Geelong, Australia >>>> 61 3 5241 2008 >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> http://www.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. >>>> >>> >>> >> >
