Martin Vlietstra & all:
der Metre = 1,20046 bayer. Ellen => 1 Elle = 0,833014 Meter
der Metre = 3,426310 bayer. Fuß => 1 Fuß = 0,2918592 Meter
Ellen, Fuß and bayer are 'NEW' units to me (since, not used in India) or not
came to my notice. The 'comma' appears to have been used for the decimal
point. How are these related to each other? My concern is, however, for the
use and correction to the Le Systeme Internationale d'Unites - METRE, the
Length Unit. There is sufficient confusion for use of the spellings *Metre
vs Meter* in United States. Histriography is for honouring ancient
traditions and drawing equations with newer inputs.
Need for improved value for Length Unit - METRE, cannot be denied. While
defining Metre linked to value for 'velocity of light' need no over
emphasising: there is a need to link Time units with arcAngle i.e. Length
Unit via earth curvature. My attempt to define Metre New (m') as: '1/10^5th
of pi/180 (one degree)'. This links Time, Hour-Angle and Length Unit via my
suggested *value for Pi =100000/ 31831*. It is with this view that I have
posted my mails on Time at this forum. Please visit my home page:
http://www.brijvij.com/
My proposal for bridging Asian Lakh with European & American count, as in my
post 37287, is a step in this direction.
Regards,
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From: "Martin Vlietstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:37288] Re: People who count in myriads or lakhs
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:51:22 +0100
The Myriametre was used in France in the 1840's. See
http://home.fonline.de/fo0126/geschichte/groessen/mas10.htm.
This website is a collection of conversions found in a Bavarian school
text-book dated 1842. The site is in German.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pierre Abbat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 12:44 AM
Subject: [USMA:37285] People who count in myriads or lakhs
> There are four ways of naming the powers of ten in use:
> 1. Have names for the powers up to the third, and for powers of a
thousand.
> 2. Have names for the powers up to the fourth, and for powers of a
myriad.
> 3. Have names for the powers up to the sixth, and for powers of a
million.
> 4. Have names for odd powers and for the second.
> The first is used in English, the second in East Asian languages (Greek
used
> to, but now, I think, uses the first), the third in Malagasy (but not
its
> relative Indonesian - maybe they borrowed it from Shikomor, not that I
know
> any Shikomor), and the fourth in Hindi, Gujarati, and other Indic
languages.
> How well do people who count in myriads or in das, hajar, lakh, karod,
abaj,
> and sankh handle the power-of-thousand prefixes of the metric system?
>
> Pierre
>
