On 2009/07/20, at 3:18 AM, Michael Payne wrote:
I think more than anything else, to convince the common man/woman
in the US that the founding fathers (in the US) had a lot to do
with a system most here in the US consider European will go a long
way to swinging the argument in it's favor. I applaud your efforts
in this regard Pat.
Mike Payne
Dear Michael,
Many thanks for your kind remarks – I appreciate your thoughts.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
----- Original Message -----
From: Pat Naughtin
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Sunday, 19 July 2009 04:57
Subject: [USMA:45429] The metric system in the USA
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
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