Brij, In answer to your questions:
The "Elle" (plural = Ellen) is the German for the Ell. The Ell was used in England as a unit for the measurement of cloth until 1824 but its length does not appear to have been clearly defined. There was once an old English saying - "Give him an inch and he will take an ell". With the demise of the "ell", its place has been taken with the word "mile". The Fuß (also written as Fuss if the letter "ß" is not available) is the German word for "foot". The word "bayer" is an abbreviation for "bayerische", the German word for "Bavarian" (i.e. from Bavaria). Since the document in question was written by a German in the German language, it is entirely understandable that the German convention of using a comma as a decimal separator was used. The SI brochure permits either to be used - generally the dot is used in English-speaking countries or countries that were once part of the British Empire, while the comma is used elsewhere. South Africa is an exception - the comma is used there as a decimal separator. The choice of "metre", "meter" or any other variant of the word is dependent on the language, country and script being used. Regards Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brij Bhushan Vij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 7:52 PM Subject: Confusion vs Need RE: [USMA:37288] Re: People who count in myriads or lakhs > 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, > Brij Bhushan Vij > (Sunday, Kali 5107-W22-00)/265+D-255 G.(Tuesday, 2006 September > 12H14:86(decimal) ET > Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda > Jan:31; Feb:29; Mar:31; Apr:30; May:31; Jun:30 > Jul:30; Aug:31; Sep:30; Oct:31; Nov:30; Dec:30 > (365th day of Year is World Day) > ******As per Kali V-GRhymeCalendaar***** > "Koi bhi cheshtha vayarth nahin hoti, purshaarth karne mein hai" > Contact # 001(201)675-8548 > > > >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 > > > > > > >
