No translation needed. The heaviest bell in my home tower (Washington National Cathedral) is 1629 kg, and the lightest is 276 kg. We have ten bells in all.
Carleton -----Original Message----- From: Martin Vlietstra [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 16:10 To: [email protected]; 'U.S. Metric Association' Subject: RE: [USMA:43212] Re: true metrication is systemic I found an interesting site: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lijst_van_zwaarste_klokken_in_Nederland - Lijst van zwaarste klokken in Nederland (List of the heaviest bells in the Netherlands). I am not going to translate it. See if you can understand it. Now ask yourself "Is it necessary to use hundredweights, quarters and pounds"? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carleton MacDonald Sent: 22 February 2009 20:06 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:43212] Re: true metrication is systemic And we still measure church bells in hundredweights, quarters, pounds. Unbelievably quaint - and rather strange. Carleton -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin Vlietstra Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 13:34 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:43162] Re: true metrication is systemic Not quite right Paul - our pint is 568 ml. Our fl oz is small than yours, but our pint is larger, but what a good reason for everybody to adopt the same standard! BTW, the English ton is 2240 lbs, the American is 2000 lbs, the English hundredweight is 112 lbs, the American one is 100 lbs - an even better reason for a world-wide standard. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Trusten, R.Ph. Sent: 21 February 2009 17:45 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:43159] Re: true metrication is systemic ... snip Part of this idea is that 500 mL is larger than the U.S. pint of 473 mL (not so in the UK, where, I believe, it is a 20 fluid ounce pint of 591 mL) ... snip Paul Trusten, R.Ph. Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association (USMA), Inc. www.metric.org 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122 Midland TX 79707-2872 US +1(432)528-7724 mailto:[email protected]
