[USMA:36353] Fw: Suggestion for metric vendors' list

[Stan Jakuba]

Pierre:




Stan Jakuba

I found the organization demonstrated in the attached index fulfilling the needs of my clients. BTW, making the list (the easy part) and keeping it up to date (the nearly impossible part) took hundreds and hundreds of man-hours (boring man-hours on top of that).

To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Sent: 2006 Mar 16, Thursday 00:52
Subject: [USMA:36271] Suggestion for metric vendors' list

----- Original Message ----- From: "Pierre Abbat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

I'd like to see the list revived, probably as a website. I think it should

list not only industrial suppliers but also suppliers of household goods,
such as measuring tapes for sewing, measuring spoons in milliliters,
thermometers, ovens, and scales.


indicate broad categories:
0-3. Measuring devices
4-6. Things made in metric sizes where size matters (e.g. screws)
7-8. Things made in metric sizes where size doesn't matter
9. Anything else (e.g. pamphlets)

measures tens of kilograms, while a 30 cm ruler would be 0049.

phma

I suggest categorizing things with a nine-digit number. The first digit could Measuring devices can be further categorized by assigning a number 00-39 to the quantity being measured, then adding two more digits (offset by 50) to indicate the order of magnitude. So a bathroom scale would be 0151 because it

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