[USMA:36389] Kelvin quote

[Bill Hooper]

I have always admired William Thompson, Lord Kelvin. I have recently found a whole web site devoted to his quotes. Many are relevant to metrication. Here is one of the best: "You, in this country [Great Britain], are subjected to the British insularity in weights and measures; you use the foot, inch and yard. I am obliged to use that system, but must apologize to you for doing so, because it is so inconvenient, and I hope Americans will do everything in their power to introduce the French metrical system. ... I look upon our English system as a wickedly, brain-destroying system of bondage under which we suffer. The reason why we continue to use it, is the imaginary difficulty of making a change, and nothing else; but I do not think in America that any such difficulty should stand in the way of adopting so splendidly useful a reform." Regards, Bill Hooper Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA ==========================    Make It Simple; Make It Metric! ==========================