Michael Payne, friends:
While origin of metric system could be traced to 1668, it is unfortunate
that 'Metre was NEVER related to 'Reform of the Metric System and hence Le
Systeme Internationale d'Unites'. Please see:
http://www.brijvij.com/bbv_shelving-NMile.pdf
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From: "Michael Payne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: [USMA:39136] Re:Some reactions about the original metric system
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:54:24 +0000
The nautical mile is defined at 1852 meters. Mr. Malkin has his facts
wrong. It was the Nautical Mile that was redefined!
Michael Payne
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Sent: Sunday, 22 July 2007 11:18
Subject: [USMA:39130] Re:Some reactions about the original metric system
Dear Pat,
I congratulate you with you achievement. Let's hope that it will start a
snowball rolling.
One nonsensical comment in the fourth link you gave is:
At 06:03 PM on 13 Jul 2007, roy malkin wrote:
As any Navigator knows The entire metric system is based on a mistake. I
metre was suposed to be 1/10,000,000 of the distance from the equator to
the pole. They then made the metre as a fixed unit but it did not match
the fraction of the distance to the pole. Therefore a metre can not be
used for navigation and the SI unit of Navigation is the Nautical mile
based on 1 minute of the earths arc subtended at the earths centre.
Consequently miles are still used in all forms of Navigation and unless
the metre is redefined always will be.
Roy Malkin Master Mariner
Someone has heard about an error and then seems to think it was a very big
one. It was very small and the metre can indeed be used for navigation,
even more so with the GPS system that can make the nautical mile
redundant, if there was not that traditionalism that stands in the way. In
mainland Europe aircraft navigation was metric before 1945 - km for
distance, km/h for speed and metres for altitude - and the USA used the
statute mile for commerical aircraft into the second half of the 20th
century. That the nautical mile should be an SI-unit is laughable.
Datum: 18/07/07 11:42 PM
Van: "Pat Naughtin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Onderwerp : [USMA:39096] Some reactions about the original metric system
Dear All,
You might be interested in these reactions to the idea that the metric
system came from England.
http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/category/ethics-religion/humanism-secularism
/
http://www.ideastorm.com/article/show/70686/Quote_screen_sizes_in_metric
http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/scienceandtech/mikeswain/july07/metric.htm
And a number of thoughts on:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2007/07/the_glass_box_for_friday_10.shtml
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
PO Box 305 Belmont 3216
Geelong, Australia
61 3 5241 2008
Pat Naughtin is manager of http://www.metricationmatters.com an internet
website that focuses on the many issues, methods and processes that
individuals, groups, companies, and nations use when upgrading to the
metric
system. Contact Pat Naughtin at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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