On 2009/01/25, at 1:21 AM, Jeremiah MacGregor wrote:
Pat,
Are you telling us the French did not invent the metric system?
Yes.
Why have we not heard this before?
Maybe you led a sheltered life.
Jerry
From: Pat Naughtin <[email protected]>
To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]>
Cc: USMA Metric Association <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 1:02:53 PM
Subject: [USMA:42351] Re: Going metric would be nice global gesture
| ajc.com
Dear Norman,
I have just sent this to the writer of the article you refer to below.
Dear Steve Elliot-Gower, You might be interested in a revised and
updated history of the metric system that you will find at http://www.metricationmatters.com/who-invented-the-metric-system.html
Cheers, Pat Naughtin Geelong, Australia [email protected]
On 2009/01/07, at 1:03 PM, Norman & Nancy Werling wrote:
Greg and members of USMA list,
Here is the lead op-ed piece in Monday's (2008-01-05) AJC written
by a professor at Georgia State University in Atlanta. Notice how
in his later paragraphs he mentions that idea often referred to as
"American exceptionalism" and how it may need to be eschewed.
http://www.ajc.com/search/content/opinion/stories/2009/01/05/gowered.html
Norm Werling
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
PO Box 305 Belmont 3216,
Geelong, Australia
Phone: 61 3 5241 2008
Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has
helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the
modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that
they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or
selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources
for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial,
industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and
in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google,
NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the
USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com for more metrication
information, contact Pat at [email protected] or
to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter
to subscribe.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
PO Box 305 Belmont 3216,
Geelong, Australia
Phone: 61 3 5241 2008
Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has
helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the
modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they
now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for
their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many
different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial
and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA.
Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST,
and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com
for more metrication information, contact Pat at [email protected]
or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter
to subscribe.
