Dear All,
You might be interested in this posting that I made to
http://www.haloscan.com/comments/southernbeale/7004290411778397213/?src=hsn
I doubt that without the influence of three Americans we would not
have a worldwide metric system.
Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington were very
active in promoting the idea of decimal numbers for both money and for
all measurements in the 1780s. It was probably their influence that
encouraged the French revolutionary government in the 1790s to devise
the 'decimal metric system' that we now all use every day.
See: Who invented the metric system' at http://
www.metricationmatters.co...ric- system.html
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Author of the forthcoming book, Metrication Leaders Guide.
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
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