We've had that Lord Kelvin quote on the USMA Website for some time. I just added a specific tag to locate it http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/dykt.htm#kelvin
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Linda D. Bergeron > Sent: Monday, 2006 March 27 15:07 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:36390] RE: Kelvin quote > > Thank you, Bill. I too have always admired Lord Kelvin. Would you mind > sharing the website URL? > > Linda Bergeron > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: Bill Hooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > > ========================== > Make It Simple; Make It Metric! > ========================== > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/
