This must be a generational thing ;) I took high school chemistry in the late 1980's and college chemistry in 1990's. I don't know HOW to do chemistry using these units. Thank goodness they stopped even teaching them a long time ago (even here in the US) !
Scott On Tuesday, May 15, 2007, at 01:59PM, "Martin Vlietstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Now try adding grams on a spreadsheet. The try adding ounces, scruples, >drams and grains on a spreadsheet. This time metric wins hands-down. In >fact, I would venture to suggest that the majority of people who insist on >using customary units in this instance probably couldn't use a spreadsheet >anyway. > > > > _____ > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >Of Paul Trusten >Sent: 15 May 2007 16:59 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Cc: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:38693] Re: Is U.S. metrication still considered "extreme?" > > > >That's the key---we are all from Missouri. We need to be shown. I was shown >way back in 1974, when I discovered that adding grams and getting a >mathematical total (just a plain old sum) was a lot easier than having to >change ounces, scruples, and drams to grains, adding up the grains, then >converting the sum back to ounces, scruples, and drams. > >. snip > > > > >
