I find it very telling that this kingdom standardized their local "pfund" on 500 grammes. Many countries continue to use their former customary measures, or at least in a tradename sense. The units are of course defined to rounded metric values. This could explain how Germany made such a smooth transition to metric and is probably the most metric country today.
On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 09:29:46 -0000, "Martin Vlietstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > If you visit http://home.fonline.de/fo0126//geschichte/groessen/mas10.htm > you will see a list of French units of measure as seen through the eyes > of a Bavarian schoolbook in 1842. There is no mention of a kilometer (or > anything that is 1000 m in length), but the myriametre (no symbol given) > is mentioned. If you look at the Dutch units (Königreich Holland) on the > same website (different page - > http://home.fonline.de/fo0126//geschichte/groessen/mas11.htm) you will > see that the mile (mijl in Dutch, Meile in German) was quoted as being > 1000 metres). > > It should be remembered that in 1842 Bavaria was an independent kingdom > that did not use the metric system. (That came in 1850). > > BTW, this website is in German, but for those who have a smattering of > German, it makes intersting reading. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bill Hooper > To: U.S. Metric Association > Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 2:03 AM > Subject: [USMA:37886] Re: Are there Decimeters ? If sow then Where? > > > > > On 2007 Jan 26 , at 12:06 AM, Pat Naughtin wrote: > (in connection with my claim that early on their were just 6 metric > prefixes, mill-, centi-, deci-. deca- (or deka-), hecto-, and kilo-. > > Question, Bill. What about the myriametre (mym)? Was myria (symbol > my) not one of the original prefixes standing for 10 000 metres? > > > Yes, there was a multiple of the metre named the myriametre. I wasn't > sure of the facts on this unit and didn't want to confuse the train of > thought of the rest of my description to explain all that, so I left it > out. Technically that was an error but it does not affect the meaning > or intent of the rest of the discussion. Am I correct in suggesting > that the prefix myria- was never used with anything but metre? > > > > Regards, > Bill Hooper > Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA > > > ========================== > SImplification Begins With SI. > ========================== > > > -- Bernard Rachtmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software or over the web
