Dear All,
I want to try out a new method of distributing free articles about the
metric system.
For this purpose, I have written a short 3-page article about the
contribution of the USA to the modern metric system. It is called The
metric system in the USA and it begins:
The metric system in the USA
Pat Naughtin 2009
Without the influence of great leaders from the USA there would be no
metric system.
Since many in the USA do not believe this statement, let me repeat it
in a different way.
It is my belief that without the influence of Benjamin Franklin,
Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington, the metric system would not
have been developed in France in the 1780s and 1790s.
The contribution made by these three world leaders arose firstly from
their cooperation in developing and implementing the idea that the
currency of the USA could be subdivided by decimal fractions so that
money calculations could then be little more difficult that any normal
whole number calculation …
You can obtain the rest of this article via the web page at:
http://www.metricationmatters.com/USAmetricsystemhistory.html
I would appreciate any comments that you care to make to
[email protected]
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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