Thank you, Bill. I too have always admired Lord Kelvin. Would you mind
sharing the website URL?
Linda Bergeron
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From: Bill Hooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:36389] Kelvin quote
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:15:03 -0500
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
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